Ruling in Apple tax case due next week

In a statement this morning, a spokesperson for the Department of Finance said that "...the State has been formally notified that the General Court of the European Union will deliver its judgment in the Apple State Aid case on 15th July."

The statement goes on to say "...there has been significant work in making the State's case both orally and in written format before the General Court. We cannot prejudge the decision of the General Court and are now awaiting their judgement on Wednesday 15 July." The European Commission ruled in 2016 that the Irish State had given undue tax benefits worth €13 billion to the tech giant.

This is illegal under EU state aid rules because, according to the European Commission, it allowed Apple to pay substantially less tax than other businesses.But Ireland and Apple, which employs around 6,000 people in Cork, are appealing the ruling.

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