Apple wins EU court case over $15 billion tax order

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Apple scores major win as European court annuls EU order that company repay Ireland $15 billion in backlog taxes

The Apple Inc. logo is seen at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York on October 16, 2019.

The EU's General Court said in Wednesday's ruling that ”the commission did not succeed in showing to the requisite legal standard that there was an advantage”. against Apple was delivered in August 2016 by Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager in a shock decision that put Europe on the map as a scourge of Silicon Valley.the order, which Apple CEO Tim Cook slammed at the time as "total political crap".

The defeat for Vestager could weaken or delay pending cases against Ikea's and Nike's deals with the Netherlands, as well as Huhtamaki's agreement with Luxembourg.

 

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