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Poll: Is the Government right to appeal the Apple Tax ruling?

Today the EC will publish the legal rationale for the €13 billion penalty for unpaid taxes it applied to Apple at the end of August.

TODAY, THE EUROPEAN Commission is set to publish its legal reasoning concerning the €13 billion bill it slapped on Apple for unpaid Irish taxes in August.

The Irish Government has pre-empted the announcement by publishing the eight headings under which it intends to dispute the ruling. A formal appeal to the decision was first launched last month.

Arguments made by the Government include that the Commission is impinging on Irish tax sovereignty, and the suggestion that the EC has misapplied State Aid law in penalising the tech multinational so heavily.

Notwithstanding the legal arguments, debate has raged since the ruling was first made over whether or not Ireland should appeal it. Those in favour of doing so see it as a case of preserving the country’s business reputation, while those opposed to the action see it as a case of looking a gift horse in the mouth.

But what do you think?

We’re asking: Is the Government right to appeal the €13 billion Apple tax ruling?


Poll Results:

Yes (6688)
No (6024)
I'm not sure (894)

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    Mute James Johnson
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    Apr 18th 2023, 2:14 PM

    I need to Transition to the Warm weather in France or Spain. How much do we get?

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    Apr 18th 2023, 1:58 PM

    It’s funny how Journal commenters just go on the attack when ever there’s a mention of climate change.
    I’m assuming this kind of funding will help olive farmers in Spain where their crops were totally devastated last year, producing almost 50% less than usual.
    Or maybe our own farmers who had a fodder crisis caused by weather events in 2012/2013 and needed to be bailed out by the taxpayer. These kinds of crises are predicted to become more and more common.
    Or maybe logistics companies on the Rhine last summer who couldn’t move anything because the river ran almost completely dry in parts.
    But yes it’s all a scam by Eamon Ryan so you’ll have to live in communist 15 minute cities.

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    Apr 18th 2023, 4:24 PM

    ‘through auctioning industrial emissions allowances’
    Who do you think is going to pay for this? They are just copying the Greens playbook, more taxes or costs.
    Still waiting for Eamon Ryan to tell us where the hundreds of thousands of Green jobs have been created in Ireland.

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    Mute Pat Barry
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    Apr 18th 2023, 6:42 PM

    That’s over half of the EU budget ffs, is it any wonder the Brits left.

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    Apr 18th 2023, 4:06 PM

    Nothing new there, dreamers all of them.

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    Apr 18th 2023, 5:54 PM

    Another comment deleted for pointing out the truth, no free press in Ireland.

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    Apr 18th 2023, 6:07 PM

    @David Mercedes: I get a free paper in cork , it’s sh#*¥E but it’s free.

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    Apr 18th 2023, 6:37 PM

    @087mail: I would have if he had one

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    Mute Pat Barry
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    Apr 18th 2023, 7:26 PM

    “Together, we will make Europe the first climate neutral continent” – Before Africa and Antarctica, yeah, dream on Ursula Andress!

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    Apr 18th 2023, 3:12 PM

    They’ll buy a lot of firepower with that.

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    Apr 18th 2023, 1:29 PM

    I hope the funds for developing countries actually start happening too, to the promised levels. Steps away from fossil fuels are starting in developed countries but developing countries like India, with a population that nearly 20% of the world, really need the funds as they are going to become more harmful to the climate as they copy our lifestyles when they become developed countries

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