EU antitrust enforcers have claimed a court made legal errors when it scrapped their order for iPhone maker Apple to pay 13 billion euros in Irish back taxes, in a filing to have the verdict overturned.
The stakes are high for the European Commission in its crackdown against what it sees as aggressive tax planning by multinationals.
It has a mixed record to date, winning court backing in its case against Fiat Chrysler but losing in the Starbucks and Belgian tax break cases.
The Commission is appealing to the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union following a ruling last year by the General Court, which said the EU executive had not met the requisite legal standard to show Apple had enjoyed an unfair advantage.
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EU claims court errors in bid to overturn US$15.7 billion Apple tax judgment EU antitrust enforcers have claimed a court made legal errors when it scrapped their order for iPhone maker Apple to pay 13 billion euros (US$15.7 billion) in Irish back taxes, in a filing to have the verdict overturned.
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EU antitrust enforcers have claimed a court made legal errors when it scrapped their order for iPhone maker Apple to pay €13bn in Irish back taxes, in a filing to have the verdict overturned.
The stakes are high for the European Commission in its crackdown against what it sees as aggressive tax planning by multinationals.
It has a mixed record to date, winning court backing in its case against Fiat Chrysler but losing in the Starbucks and Belgian tax break cases.
The Commission is appealing to the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union following a ruling last year by the General Court, which said the EU executive had not met the requisite legal standard to show Apple had enjoyed an unfair advantage.