(see previous).
The European antitrust
authority told Irish authorities competition rules were breached
with special tax treatment granted to Apple, in a letter to
Irish authorities made public Tuesday.
The letter said the European Commission had found "the tax
ruling of 1990...and of 2007 in favour of the Apple Group
constitute State aid" and that the European Commission "has
doubts about the compatibility of such State aid with the
internal market".
The EU watchdog asked for clarification regarding
agreements that Ireland and Apple had "negotiated" for
calculating its taxable income, and that resulted in an deeper
tax discount than could be justified by the rules.
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