28-09-14 22:02 pm – Source: AP
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Apple store in Madrid, Spain. © epa
Tax Benefits smartphone maker Apple enjoys in Ireland and car manufacturer Fiat in Luxembourg, conflict with European law. Until those preliminary conclusions, the European Commission came, reported the American business newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Sunday, on the authority of insiders
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The European competition watchdog announced in June an investigation into tax agreements between the companies and countries. This could include appropriate arrangements between the Netherlands and coffee chain Starbucks are held to the light. How about the commission deems is unclear. She publishes the provisional findings as
Apple closed in 1991 and 2007 agreements with the tax authorities in Ireland, where the head office is located in its European operations. As a result, the technology group for years paid relatively little tax on its sales in Europe. Fiat enjoyed similar benefits in Luxembourg.
Unauthorised aid
The European Commission, the fight against tax avoidance by multinationals has stepped up recently finds that constitutes unlawful State aid. It is the first time that the competition watchdog from that point of doing research on tax morale of large enterprises.
The companies can not be fined for the tax advantages. However, the study may lead to Apple and Fiat have to pay afterwards. Yet more tax For whatever amount it is, is not known.
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