Apple wins tax battle with EU as court annuls 2016 order to pay $15 billion in taxes

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The EU’s general court backs Apple in fight over $15 billion tax bill.

The European Commission said in 2016 that Ireland had enabled Apple to pay "substantially less tax than other businesses over many years."

The Apple Inc. logo is displayed at the company's store in the Omotesando district of Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.won a landmark court case Wednesday against the European Commission over a dispute concerning 13 billion euros in Irish taxes. At the time, the commission said Ireland had enabled Apple to pay "substantially less tax than other businesses over many years," which meant that the U.S. firm

The Irish government and Apple decided to appeal the commission's decision, with the company arguing the order to repay taxes "defies reality and common sense."

 

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