According to a comprehensive report by China News Service on July 15th, the local court on the 15th local time declared that Apple did not need to make up to 13 billion euros in taxes to Ireland in accordance with the requirements of the European Commission.
In recent years, the European Union has launched investigations against multinational giants, and Apple is "causing escape." In 2014, the European Union launched an investigation into the tax treaty reached between Apple and the Irish government, and finally ruled in 2016 that Apple should pay 13 billion euros in tax. Apple and the Irish government expressed dissatisfaction with this and successively appealed to the EU ordinary courts. .
Apple and Ireland welcomed the ruling of the EU's ordinary courts. The Irish government said that "it has always been clear" that Apple has not received special treatment.
EU Antitrust Commissioner Margaret Westegger said that the EU will "seriously study the verdict and consider possible next steps", which may include appeals.
According to previous reports, in addition to ruling Apple's huge tax evasion in Europe, on June 16, 2020, the European Union announced the launch of an antitrust investigation against the Apple App Store and Apple Pay.