Apple and Irish Government suffer major setback in €13bn EU tax case

Apple-Ireland tax case: The European Commission first began investigating Apple's Irish tax affairs a month ago and ordered the iPhone maker in 2016 to pay the Government more than €13 billion in alleged back taxes. Photo: Bloomberg

In his opinion, Advocate General Giovanni Pitruzzella proposes that the Court set aside the judgment and refer the case back to the General Court for a new decision on the merits.Irish start-up aims to end drain of ‘talented women giving up their careers every day because of fertility issues’ The decision centred on two tax opinions – or “rulings” as they are referred to – handed out by Revenue, in 1991 and 2007, to Apple subsidiaries in Ireland, the year the first iPhone was unveiled and Apple’s profits started to balloon.

The commission’s appeal against that ruling, heard in at the ECJ in May, was premised on claims that the lower EU court made “legal errors” in its judgment three years ago by confusing aspects of Apple’s corporate structure.

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