EU appeal on invalidation of additional taxation over tax incentives for Apple

EU appeal on invalidation of additional taxation over tax incentives for Apple September 26, 7:51

U.S. IT company Apple has announced that the EU will appeal the court's decision to invalidate the EU-European Union's decision to seek a huge additional tax over the tax incentives it received from Ireland. did.

The European Commission, the EU's executive body, said four years ago that the tax incentives that the Irish government gave to Apple would be illegal subsidies to companies banned by the EU, up to € 13 billion to the Irish government. We requested that an additional tax of approximately 1.6 trillion yen be levied in Japanese yen.

However, after Apple and the Irish government filed a complaint with the EU Court of Justice, the court ruled in July to invalidate the decision, saying that the European Commission did not fully show the illegality of the incentives. Was there.

The EU's Vice-Chairman of the Executive Vice-Chairman, Bestea, issued a statement on the 25th, stating that the court's decision was legally incorrect and said, "Member states are given tax incentives only to certain multinational corporations. If it does, it will hinder fair competition, "he said.

The EU is strengthening measures such as major US IT companies making huge profits in the EU but not paying taxes commensurate with it, and it seems that they have filed an appeal to maintain this policy. ..