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Apple loses EU court battle over €13bn tax bill in Ireland
Ruling is a fillip for European Commission efforts to clamp down on ‘sweetheart’ tax deals
The ruling is a victory for Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition chief, who concluded in 2016 that the iPhone maker had benefited from billions-worth of unfair tax breaks from the Irish government. The case brings to a close years of litigation that began in 2016 when the commission had ordered Apple to pay billions of euros for gross underpayment of tax on profits between 2003 and 2014. Pitruzzella’s recommendation was not legally binding and did not have to be followed by the ECJ but opinions of advocate generals carry great weight and usually influence the court’s final decision.
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