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EU regulator says Apple should be on hook for €14.3 billion tax bill (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I usually agree, but in this case it sounds like they did. Ireland set a low tax to attract companies. So apple opened an office there and hired thousands of workers. And paid their taxes. But the EU did not think that was fair and demanded more after the fact.