Ireland, Apple brace for the worst as tax endgame nears
Dublin
WHILE Europe and global financial markets are consumed by the prospect of Brexit, business rolls on in Brussels.
Near the top of the agenda for investors continues to be the European Commission's probe into Apple Inc's tax arrangements in Ireland, with both the company and the Irish authorities bracing for a decision that the Irish provided the iPhone maker with illegal state aid through a sweetheart deal.
When will we get the decision? In the first clues to a firm timeline for a decision on a probe which opened in 2014, Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said on Thursday in Luxembourg that the commissio…
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