# apple-tax - Thursday 16 July, 2020
# Round One
# Round One
Margrethe Vestager has said the EU would analyse yesterday’s judgement before deciding on an appeal.
# apple-tax - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
# The Saga Continues
# The Saga Continues
Officials are already exploring the possibility of using a Treaty article to crack down on low-tax countries.
# Decision Time
# Decision Time
The European Commission previously ordered the US company to hand back €13 billion in unpaid tax.
# apple-tax - Tuesday 14 July, 2020
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
Whoever loses is likely to appeal that decision to a higher EU court.
# apple-tax - Tuesday 1 October, 2019
# Sweetheart Deal
# Sweetheart Deal
The fund is to be held in escrow until the outcome of legal challenges to the European Commission’s landmark ruling in 2016.
# apple-tax - Tuesday 17 September, 2019
# State Aid
# State Aid
The government has already spent over €7 million in legal fees and other costs preparing the case.
# apple-tax - Friday 13 September, 2019
# State Aid
# State Aid
The appeal is due before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
# apple-tax - Saturday 29 December, 2018
# State Papers
# State Papers
A letter from John Bruton to Alan Dukes has been released to the national archives.
# apple-tax - Tuesday 18 September, 2018
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
Ireland is appealing the EU Commission that Apple was in receipt of illegal state aid.
# apple-tax - Friday 18 May, 2018
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
Just in time for the weekend and all.
# apple-tax - Wednesday 7 March, 2018
# Resting In My Account
# Resting In My Account
The money will be held in an escrow account subject to an appeal by Ireland.
# apple-tax - Monday 4 December, 2017
# 13 Billion Reasons Why
# 13 Billion Reasons Why
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said that the cash will “be transmitted across the first quarter of next year”.
# apple-tax - Thursday 30 November, 2017
# Public Accounts Committee
# Public Accounts Committee
Collecting the money requires a “bespoke solution”, a top official said.
# apple-tax - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
The European Commission announced last week that it is taking Ireland to the European Court of Justice for failing to recover €13 billion of tax due from Apple.
# apple-tax - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
The government said it is “extremely disappointed” by the move.
# apple-tax - Thursday 14 September, 2017
# Money Money Money
# Money Money Money
The government has spent €1.7m on legal fees this year alone.
# apple-tax - Tuesday 25 July, 2017
# Hold Me Tender
# Hold Me Tender
The State is appealing the bill but will still need to collect the money first.
# apple-tax - Wednesday 22 February, 2017
# Expensive Apples
# Expensive Apples
The tech giant has been ordered to hand over the huge sum for illegal state aid.
# apple-tax - Thursday 16 February, 2017
# State Aid
# State Aid
But European officials said the unsolicited report from PwC ‘misinterpreted’ the relevant rules.
# apple-tax - Tuesday 31 January, 2017
# Tax Sovereignty
# Tax Sovereignty
Margrethe Vestager added the deadline for Apple to deposit money into an escrow account has passed.
# apple-tax - Thursday 5 January, 2017
# Not Attending
# Not Attending
Cook was invited to speak before the Oireachtas Finance Committee.
# apple-tax - Monday 19 December, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
Today the EC will publish the legal rationale for the €13 billion penalty for unpaid taxes it applied to Apple at the end of August.
# apple-tax - Thursday 13 October, 2016
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
Sinn Féin’s David Cullinane said Revenue chief Niall Cody’s appearance at the PAC raised more questions than answers.
# apple-tax - Monday 19 September, 2016
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
Late last week, 185 American CEOs asked German chancellor Angela Merkel to intervene in Vestager’s €13 billion Apple tax ruling.
# apple-tax - Wednesday 14 September, 2016
# Bite Of The Apple
# Bite Of The Apple
Earlier, Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes said: “Changing the rules, however appalling [they are], is not smart.”
# apple-tax - Monday 12 September, 2016
# Endapendent Alliance
# Endapendent Alliance
The Taoiseach has also given his thoughts on THAT John Halligan interview.
# apple-tax - Friday 9 September, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
FactCheck looks into a set a claims made over the airwaves and in the Dáil in the past week.
# apple-tax - Thursday 8 September, 2016
# Rotten Apple
# Rotten Apple
The party is having a pop at the government over the Apple tax appeal.
# apple-tax - Wednesday 7 September, 2016
# State Aid
# State Aid
The Taoiseach said it’s not true Apple was provided with more favourable treatment than others companies in terms of taxes.
# Enda Kenny
# Enda Kenny
Sweetheart deals are “not the way we do business here,” he said.
# Total Recall
# Total Recall
TDs are back in the Dáil today to discuss the government’s decision to appeal the European Commission’s Apple tax ruling.
# apple-tax - Monday 5 September, 2016
# Talk Of The Town
# Talk Of The Town
Jean-Claude Juncker has defended the decision after attacks from the US
# apple-tax - Sunday 4 September, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
The company’s CEO Tim Cook made the claim this week, and Michael Noonan repeated it. We checked it out.
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
The Fianna Fáil leader says “certainty” around Ireland’s tax policy is vital.
# apple-tax - Friday 2 September, 2016
# Oireachtas Report
# Oireachtas Report
Voting and sound systems within the Dáil chamber have to be upgraded.
# Show Of Unity
# Show Of Unity
Members of the Independent Alliance said it would back the appeal in order to keep the government in power.
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
The Dáil will be recalled next to vote on the Government’s decision to appeal the Apple ruling.
# Forbidden Fruit
From The Daily Edge
# Forbidden Fruit
Carver John Hayes is hard at work.
# apple-tax - Thursday 1 September, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
We heard all kinds of numbers from several politicians this week. FactCheck gets to the truth.
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
The Apple CEO has come out swinging since yesterday’s decision by the EC to bill his company €13 billion for unpaid Irish taxes.
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