Apple tax

Net Results: Tech giant is major employer but it has benefitted plenty from 40 years in Ireland

Argument that State dependent on multinationals simply ‘bogus’

Counsel for company tells EU court that jobs assertion founded on media commentary

Government should withdraw the appeal and apologise to our neighbours

Case is of massive significance for Ireland and for the policing of state aid by the European Commission

Minister has not yet decided whether to introduce carbon tax increase in budget

In essence the question is now about where Apple will pay tax on its overseas earnings, not whether it will do so

Tech giant plans to make once-off $38bn tax payment to US for money it is repatriating

Attention now falls on the tech giant’s appeal of the Commission’s €13bn state aid ruling

Single legal firm paid nearly €2m

Sum suggests technology giant plans to transfer $252 billion held outside US

NTMA understood to be involved in effort to recover Apple taxes

Facility can produce 500,000 iPhones per day and even allows for an Irish tax advantage

The US giant thinks that governments exploit loopholes to make firms pay tax

Ireland fails to justify ‘selective’ treatment of IT giant, European Commission finds

Company reveals how it will challenge EU’s ‘absurd’ €13bn bill in European court

There is plenty at stake as the Government prepares to take on European Commission

European Court of Justice to deliver verdict in case involving tax breaks for multinationals

Group of 15 international civil servants led three-year inquiry into ‘sweetheart deal’

Oireachtas group will examine European Commission finding on tech firm’s tax bill

EU General Court has asked Ireland to revise appeal, claiming it is too long

Minister for Finance says there are no pending state aid cases after Apple tax ruling

Post Brexit, Ireland is without a major ally in protecting its interests

Tech giant’s latest filings likely to raise tensions between US and European Commission

Sales decline in iPhone maker’s results led to $26.6bn being wiped off stock’s value

State understood to have shown EU details of up to 300 tax rulings offered to firms

EU competition commissioner is adamant Apple tax ruling is not political issue

Margrethe Vestager defends Apple ruling as State intensifies discussions with Brussels

Tim Cook’s evidence to US Senate over alleged arrangement was wrong, says Niall Cody

European Commission’s antitrust chief says Alphabet unit not on her radar for now

Voters favour Government’s decision to challenge European Commission findings

Martin Shanahan pleads case on corporate ruling before Bar of global foreign investors

Pascal Saint-Amans claims profits should be aligned to research and development

Apple’s Irish HQ sees profits earned in vulnerable regions being sent to the State

Former commissioner Neelie Kroes among names revealed in Bahamas leak

‘Brussels is out of control in terms of the federalism agenda’

Commissioner also says EU has no plans afoot to harmonise corporation tax

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may get a frosty response in Washington today - but she is already ahead on another front

Investigators allege tech giant paid less than 0.1 per cent of tax owed in country last year

Commission’s investigation follows ruling Ireland breached state aid rules in Apple deal