Opinion: Why Apple’s statement on Irish tax ruling seems tone-deaf, but nothing will happen anytime soon

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Opinion: Why Apple’s statement on Irish tax ruling seems tone-deaf, but nothing will happen anytime soon

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<p>Tim Cook has today posted an <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/08/30/tim-cook-responds-to-irish-tax-ruling-in-public-letter-we-are-confident-that-the-commissions-ruling-will-be-reversed/" target="_blank">open letter[/url] regarding <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/08/30/eu-regulators-order-ireland-to-recover-13-billion-euros-in-illegal-irish-tax-benefits-from-apple/" target="_blank">today’s ruling[/url] that the company must pay €13B ($15B) in back tax after Ireland broke the law in offering the company a sweetheart deal. In it, he states that Apple is ‘confident that the Commission’s order will be reversed’ on appeal.</p>
<p>It’s honestly hard to see where such confidence comes from. The letter effectively makes three arguments, only one of which is relevant to the case …</p>
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