Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls EU Tax Ruling Total Political Crap, Cites Potential Anti-U.S. What I feel strongly about is that this decision was politically based, of that Im very confident.
There is no reason for it in fact or in law, he said.
No one did anything wrong here and we need to stand together.
Ireland is being picked on and this is unacceptable, Cook was quoted as saying by the Irish Independent.
In the year that the Commission says we paid that tax figure, we actually paid $400m.
We believe that makes us the highest taxpayer in Ireland that year, he added.
This is a decision based on the facts of the case, she told journalists in Brussels.
The U.S. Treasury called the ruling unfair, contrary to well-established legal principle.
you’re able to read the full Irish Independent reporthere.
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