> Due largely to international pressure and the publicity surrounding the use of the double Irish with a Dutch sandwich, the Irish finance minister passed measures to close the loopholes in the 2015 budget.
The EU ordered them to collect taxes from Apple after it came out that Apple ran an optimized double Irish with special exceptions (private rulings) granted by the Irish tax office. This law change is the result of them getting caught violating European trade agreements that predate the EU itself.
The EU ordered them to collect taxes from Apple after it came out that Apple ran an optimized double Irish with special exceptions (private rulings) granted by the Irish tax office. This law change is the result of them getting caught violating European trade agreements that predate the EU itself.