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Apple, Ireland Strike Deal on EUR 13 Billion Tax Payment

Apple, Ireland Strike Deal on EUR 13 Billion Tax Payment

By Agence France-Presse | Updated: 25 April 2018 10:02 IST

Ireland's government on Tuesday said it was signing a deal with Apple for the US tech giant to pay EUR 13 billion ($16 billion) in back taxes as ordered by the European Commission.

The formal signature is expected later on Tuesday and the money will go into an escrow account, a type of third-party account used in transactions, the finance ministry said in a statement.

The money is expected to be paid into the account by the third quarter of this year pending an appeal against the EU ruling by Apple and the Irish government, the ministry said.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said the government still "fundamentally disagrees" with the 2016 ruling which said Apple had benefited from illegal tax breaks offered by Ireland.

Donohoe said Ireland would, however, comply with its "binding legal obligations" as a European Union member state.

Apple has its European headquarters in Ireland.

"This is the largest recovery fund of its kind ever to be established," Donohoe said, explaining delays in the process of establishing the account.

The European Commission has said that Apple had received favourable tax terms in Ireland that amounted to state aid.

The government claimed that Apple has paid the full amount due to the Irish state from 2004 to 2014 and denies it gave it "selective treatment".

But the European Commission said Apple paid an effective corporate tax rate of just 0.005 per cent on its European profits in 2014 - equivalent to just EUR 50 (roughly Rs. 4,000) for every million.

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