Ireland

In July, IDA Chief Executive Martin Shanahan was calling for a shake-up of the planning system amid fears the considerable delays could lead to Athenry losing the project. On October 8th, we reported that a group of Irishman rallied to support the proposed Apple data center in Athenry and on October 12th the High Court of Ireland gave Apple the...

Ireland's High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal against Apple's plans to build an 850 million euro ($1.3 billion CAD) data centre in Ireland, clearing the way for the project to proceed. According to a report from Reuters, Justice Paul McDermott dismissed the residents' case last month in the High Court and today refused an application...

European Union regulators will take Ireland to EU court over its failure to collect 13 billion euros ($19 billion CAD) tax bill from Apple. The EU's executive arm has decided to refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice for failing to recover the "illegal state aid" from Apple, as was required by a European...

iPhone owners in Ireland, rejoice; according to a new report from 9to5Mac, Apple Pay is coming to the Emerald Isle, allowing users to simply swipe their iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch to pay for purchases. The tech giant has launched the payment service in its sixth market in Europe, supporting Irish banking customers with Ulster Bank and...

Apple has confirmed that it is to close its Luxembourg branch and transfer its international iTunes business to Ireland on 5 February. The official relocation was disclosed in a note sent to developers, according to AppleInsider. Apple originally announced in September 2016 that it would move its entire iTunes business – registered as Apple Distribution […]

Apple will this week file its appeal of a European Commission decision that it owes Ireland billions in back taxes, while the latter’s Department of Finance has revealed details of its own appeal, according to a report from Reuters. Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition, said on August 30 that Apple must pay up to […]

It’s not the first time Apple has been accused of sheltering its overseas profits from taxation, and a new report from Bloomberg posits that Americans are paying the Cupertino-based tech giant millions to “shelter” these overseas profits. “Over the years, Apple Inc. has become the poster child for U.S. multinationals accused of sheltering overseas profits to avoid […]

Irish newspaper Business Post (via AppleInsider)reports that Apple has moved roughly $9 billion worth of iTunes intellectual property from Luxembourg to Ireland, the country where the European Commission has found the iPhone maker receiving “illegal tax aid.” The move means millions of dollars of value-added tax revenue for Ireland and, of course, a cut to...

Nearly half of Irish voters say the government has done the right thing by appealing the European Commission’s ruling instructing the iPhone maker to repay $18.9billion CAD in back taxes to Ireland, reports the Irish Times. The Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll results released today reveals that Irish voters support the government in its decision. When...

Apple's European tax practices came to the EU Commission's attention after the US Senate "tipped us off", EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a speech in Copenhagen, according to Bloomberg. “Because the U.S. Senate cares as much as we do about making sure companies pay their fair share of tax,” she said in prepared...

After several days of debate, the Irish cabinet has agreed to join Apple and appeal against the EU Commission's ruling handed down this Tuesday instructing Ireland to recoup CAD$18.9 billion in back taxes from the iPhone maker. The Reuters report might come as a relief for Apple, as previously Finance Minister Michael Noonan wasn't able to...

The Irish cabinet doesn't seem to unanimously agree with Finance Minister Michael Noonan's recommendation to lodge the appeal, as he disagrees with the EU Commission's instruction to recoup $18.9 billion in back taxes from Apple. According to the Financial Times, Irish prime minister Enda Kenny will conduct an emergency cabinet meeting in an effort to forge...