The advocate general’s findings has sent shockwaves from Dublin to Silicon Valley
The ECJ advocate general's finding raises the prospect of Apple having to pay the full amount in back taxes. Photograph: iStock
The commission said in August 2016 that Apple owed the Government more than €13 billion of back taxes, covering the decade to 2014, plus interest. The commission’s view was that valuable intellectual property behind Apple products lay inside the Irish branches, meaning that most of the profits were taxable by Revenue here. Apple, on the other hand, argued it was held outside the branches – and ultimately controlled from group headquarters, in Cupertino, California.
The opinion does not comment on what the final tax bill should be, if any, notes Kevin Mangan, co-head of tax at law firm Mason Hayes & Curran.
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