European Union sent $ 14.5 billion on "gifts", but Ireland is not happy-the EU, Ireland-IT information
Europe and the "taxation war" not only the tension between both sides of the Atlantic, also intensified the contradictions within the EU.
Local time Friday night, Ireland's Cabinet agreed after three days of ministerial-level talks, the EU asked Apple to Ireland to pay up to 13 billion euros (14.5 billion dollars) tax ruling will be appealed.
The Cabinet decision on Wednesday still needs to get Ireland to Parliament for approval. But United Kingdom the guardian said, this decision has won a number of Ireland's coalition Government-related support. The Wall Street Journal reported that Ireland members cannot vote against the Government's proposal.
One Ireland Government spokesman said before the congressional vote next Wednesday, put forward a motion, seeking to the Cabinet decision to support it.
The EU in its own backyard: Ireland is not dry
According to the BBC report, Ireland's Prime Minister, Enda Kenny said after the Cabinet meeting, not to defend Ireland Government powers appeals and apologized. Kenny says:
"This (appeal) relates to Ireland, is about our people, relating to our sovereign State, in fact, this determines how we think its appropriate policies. ”
Ireland's Finance Minister Michael Noonan was said, the EU had crossed in an attempt to push tax law, using the existing regulations in 25 years ago Ireland on agreements with Apple. Noonan says:
"I believe that the case threatens some of the very important principles. It proposes a legal challenge in the courts, its essence is to defend Ireland's interests. If their business taxes dating back to 20 years ago, and which investors to Europe? ”
European Commission: see you in court
A European Commission spokeswoman said the Commission will have to defend his decision in court. She also mentioned that after EU competition Commissioner in charge of antitrust investigations Margrethe Vestager has a comment.
Vestager said in delivering his judgment have been taken into account in the future Council to court, "that sometimes takes a long time to complete these investigations of reason. ”
Apple: playing politics? Our divestment
Wall Street stories mentioned in a previous article, on Tuesday after the release of Apple regarding the decision of the European Union, Apple and Ireland expressed its readiness to appeal the EU verdict.
Apple CEO kukeben said on Thursday that he was "very confident" it will appeal successfully to overturn the verdict. He said the EU's decision has political overtones, hinted that it might also be hoarding billions of dollars in overseas earnings back to United States, said profit next year is expected to be a global market back to United States, withholding tax will be "billions of dollars".
Announced after the ruling Tuesday, Margrethe Vestager said the effective tax rate for the 2014 European Apple market profit 0.005%. Cook said Thursday that it was a false number. He disclosed that in 2014, Apple paid income tax rates on a global scale is 26.1%, "personally, I think this is a reasonable level. ”
Apple's share price closed up about 0.9% this Friday, closing at $ 107.73 a share, and the five most recent sessions outperformed the NASDAQ for the first time. Tired Apple five trading days up around 0.7%, NASDAQ up about 0.6%.
Europe and tax battle upgrade
Many analysts expect EU Apple filling tax penalty will intensify the tension between both sides of the Atlantic. This event is no longer between Apple and the EU "resentment", has evolved into the world's two largest economies "each tear".
United States Treasury Department last week released rare "harsh" white paper refers to the EU is the tax police, and warned the United States Treasury will consider "retaliatory measures".
But if the Apple tax penalties constitute a precedent, follow up of the European Union may require dozens of United States companies pay over the past few years in Ireland and the Netherlands, and Belgium and the Luxembourg "country of tax avoidance" to evade taxes.
Foreign media have predicted that EU next may aim at Amazon's and McDonald's. Amazon two years ago the European Union's Luxembourg subsidiary of tax investigations, starting last year the European Union Luxembourg with McDonald's tax deal investigation, Margrethe Vestager said "must be checked very carefully."
欧盟送上145亿美元“大礼”，然而爱尔兰并不开心 - 欧盟,爱尔兰 - IT资讯
欧美“税收大战”不但使大西洋两岸关系紧张，也激化了欧盟内部的矛盾。
当地时间本周五晚，爱尔兰内阁经过三天的部长级会谈达成一致，就欧盟要求苹果向爱尔兰补缴最多130亿欧元（约145亿美元）税款的裁定，将提起上诉。
此内阁决定仍需在下周三得到爱尔兰议会批准。不过英国《卫报》称，此决定已经赢得一批爱尔兰联合政府相关人士的支持。《华尔街日报》报道称，爱尔兰议员不可能投票反对政府的建议。
一名爱尔兰政府发言人称，在下周三国会表决以前，会提出动议，寻求对上述内阁决定给予支持。
欧盟后院起火：爱尔兰人不干
据BBC报道，爱尔兰总理Enda Kenny在内阁会议结束后表示，不会为捍卫爱尔兰政府的权力上诉而致歉。Kenny说：
“这（上诉）关乎爱尔兰，关乎我们的人民，关乎我们这个主权国家，实际上这决定了我们怎么看待本国适当的政策。”
爱尔兰财长Michael Noonan则是表示，欧盟已经越界，企图摆布税收法，将现行法规用在25年前爱尔兰与苹果达成的协议上。Noonan说：
“我相信，这个案例威胁到一些非常重要的原则。它在法庭上提出了一大法律挑战，其实质是要捍卫爱尔兰的利益。要是自己的企业面临追溯到二十年前的税，还会有哪个投资者来欧洲？”
欧盟委员会：法庭见
一位欧盟委员会的女发言人此后表示，委员会将在法庭上为自己的决策辩护。她还提到，此前主管反垄断调查的欧盟竞争事务委员Margrethe Vestager有过一番评论。
Vestager当时说，在作出裁决时已经考虑到今后会对簿公堂，“那就是有时要花很长时间结束这些调查的原因。”
苹果：玩政治？我们撤资
华尔街见闻此前文章提到，本周二欧盟公布苹果补税的裁定后，苹果和爱尔兰均表示准备就此欧盟裁定结果提出上诉。
苹果CEO库克本周四表示，他“非常有信心”上诉会成功推翻此裁定结果。他称欧盟的裁定有政治色彩，还暗示可能将囤积海外的上亿美元收益转回美国，说预计明年会将全球市场的盈利转回美国，预提税额将有“数十亿美元”。
本周二欧盟公布裁定后，Margrethe Vestager称，2014年苹果欧洲市场盈利的实际缴税税率为0.005%。本周四库克说那是虚假数字。他透露，2014年，苹果在全球范围缴纳的所得税税率为26.1%，“我个人认为这是合理的水平。”
本周五苹果股价收涨约0.9%，收报每股107.73美元，最近五个交易日来首次跑赢纳指。苹果五个交易日累涨约0.7%，纳指约涨0.6%。
欧美税收大战升级
不少分析人士预计，欧盟对苹果补缴税的判罚会激化大西洋两岸的紧张关系。此事件已不再是苹果公司与欧盟之间的“恩怨情仇”，已演变成全球两大经济体间的“互撕”。
美国财政部上周罕见地发布“声色俱厉”的白皮书，指欧盟是世界税收警察，并警告美国财政部将考虑“报复措施”。
而如果对苹果的避税惩罚成为先例，欧盟后续可能还会要求几十家美国公司补缴过去数年在爱尔兰、荷兰、比利时、卢森堡等“避税国家”逃避的税款。
已有外媒预计，欧盟接下来可能瞄准亚马逊和麦当劳。前年欧盟对亚马逊的卢森堡子公司免税展开深入调查，去年欧盟启动卢森堡与麦当劳税收协议调查，Margrethe Vestager说“必须非常仔细地检查”。