Although it slowly seemed that the time of oppression andoneThe persecution of tech giants is over, it is not. Of course, take the first sentence with a slight exaggeration, most companiesoneAfter all, they know very well how to circumvent the laws, or how to get around them. minito be adjusted so that profits are higher and taxes are as low as possible, and so occasional regulation is necessary. In the case of AppBut here it is more of a scapegoat position, taking the blame for everyone else.
It wasn't long ago that Margrethe Vestager, who oversees antitrust regulation within the European Union and gives individual member states and corporations the opportunity to express their concerns, leaned on the apple company. One of the cases actually concerned Applu, who allegedly evaded taxes in Ireland for a long time, which was essentially approved by the local government. Unfortunately, it seems that the mutual agreement nakonec will not benefit the apple company much. Margrethe has decided that the Californian giant must pay the country up to 13 billion euros in back taxes, which is certainly not a small amount. However, regulators are Applem are not yet finished and it looks like the company is in for another unpleasant invitation to the carpet, this time regarding the movement of money between individual member countries to Ireland and the abuse of tax laws. In short, it can be seen that you Vestager on Apple she is quite stuck and will try to make his work in the European Union as unpleasant as possible.
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While the abuse of tax laws and finding loopholes in legislation has been confirmed by the Irish court, according to regulators, and especially Margrethe, even transferring money from most European countries back to Ireland is illegal. She provides several compelling arguments for this, including that most companies pay taxes according to the country in which they are located and that multinational corporations are thus destroying competition.oneFinally, Ireland is one of the most benevolent countries when it comes to corporate tax, and in addition to its already low rate, Apple It also negotiated a deal with the government that will see it pay essentially zero fees. The tussle is likely to last a few months, as will the debate over whether the Apple company is abusing App Store to disadvantage competition. Regulators have also stepped on this sector and it seems that they Apple failed on several fronts at once. After all, it was the Swedish company Spotify that filed an official complaint against the Californian giant, according to which App Store unnecessarily limits third-party platforms and binds them with meaningless rules. We will see whether Margrethe Vestager will have the final say, or Apple will win.
