Apple embarks on EU court battle over €13 billion tax bill

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Apple embarks on EU court battle over 13 billion euro tax bill

LUXEMBOURG - Apple embarks on an epic court battle with the EU on Tuesday , fighting the commission's landmark order that the iPhone-maker reimburse Ireland €13 billion in back taxes.

The two days of hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday will take place at the EU's lower General Court, where judges will give their judgment no earlier than 2020. This privilege allegedly gave Apple an advantage over other companies, allowing it to avoid taxes between 2003 and 2014 of around €13 billion which, according to Brussels, constituted illegal"state aid" by Ireland.

The group insists that it is in the United States, where the company invests in research and development and thus creates wealth, that it must pay taxes on the revenue in question. The EU's Competition supremo, Vestager, is in particular accused by the US president of"hating" the US. He has slammed her as the"tax lady" because of the investigations and heavy fines imposed on US groups such as Google.

 

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