Apple paid $17 billion in taxes to Ireland last year, representing 40% of its global total of $43 billion (via Financial Times). The figures were disclosed for the first time under new EU rules requiring large companies to break down their finances by country.
The payment was significantly increased by the EU’s top court ordering Apple in 2024 to pay €13 billion in back taxes, after ruling that Ireland had given the company illegal state aid resulting in a tax rate of less than 1%.
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