Tim Cook - A Message to the Apple Community in Europe

[Flashman]

Apple ain't happy . 13 billion euro's of unhappiness

Customer Letter - Apple (IE)

The European Commission has launched an effort to rewrite Apple’s history in Europe, ignore Ireland’s tax laws and upend the international tax system in the process. The opinion issued on August 30th alleges that Ireland gave Apple a special deal on our taxes. This claim has no basis in fact or in law..

...Beyond the obvious targeting of Apple, the most profound and harmful effect of this ruling will be on investment and job creation in Europe. Using the Commission’s theory, every company in Ireland and across Europe is suddenly at risk of being subjected to taxes under laws that never existed.

We firmly believe that the facts and the established legal principles upon which the EU was founded will ultimately prevail

The laws in the EU being whatever the EU Commission want...

[SimonMac]

The opinion issued on August 30th alleges that Ireland gave Apple a special deal on our taxes. This claim has no basis in fact or in law..

Can any one translate feck you into all the official languages of the EU and then Esperanto?

I would assume Ireland will kowtow to Brussels like they did with the second referendum on the Lisbon treaty, it won't be the full amount but I doubt whatever the figure will be will make much of a dent in the $200bn cash reserves of Apple.

Although it was interesting to see the US Treasury department sticking their oar in, so at one point it was two organisations, neither with any actual remit, discussing the tax affairs between another country and a private organisation.

[BrilloPad]

The European Commission has launched an effort to rewrite Apple’s history in Europe

Retrospective legislation should be made illegal. Retrospectively....

[DimPrawn]

Apple should double it's prices and make even more profits. The Fanbois have very deep pockets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

[fullyautomatix]

Oh dear, they need to stop panicking and join Big group or Ntrt. Job done.

[OwlHoot]

Could this be an EU shot across the bows of the US to encourage them to compromise on some aspects of the TTIP deal?

[DodgyAgent]

What is the most frightening aspect of this tax is what the EU would do with it.
create more of these I would wager

[jbond007]

It is given that Apple will appeal this decision. Irish government will do so as well and it seems even US Treasury have had their say. I believe the final outcome will be a settlement for a sum much much less than £11 billion

[DimPrawn]

What is the most frightening aspect of this tax is what the EU would do with it.
create more of these I would wager

Oh come on, he's not like the other Champagne Socialists milking the £350m per week we cough up out of our hard earned.

Campaign highlights Kinnocks' £10m EU earnings - Wales Online

It worked out their salaries and perks included:

A total of £775,000 in wages for Mrs Kinnock and £1.85m for her husband, adding up to £2,625,000;

Allowances for Mrs Kinnock’s staff and office costs of £2.9m;

A £64,564 “entertainment allowance” for Lord Kinnock;

A total of five publicly-funded pensions, worth £4.4m, allowing them to retire on £183,000 a year;

A housing allowance that allowed them both to claim accommodation costs even though, as a married couple, they lived in the same house in the Belgian capital between 1995 and 2004.

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[Flashman]

It is given that Apple will appeal this decision. Irish government will do so as well and it seems even US Treasury have had their say. I believe the final outcome will be a settlement for a sum much much less than £11 billion

Yes probably right there. The opening bid in a tax settlement. Micro$oft will be sweating bricks though.