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State Aid Investigations

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 January 2018

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Ceisteanna (83)

Pearse Doherty

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83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has had contact with the American Inland Revenue Service with regard to the recent state-aid judgment against a company (details supplied). [4314/18]

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Freagraí scríofa

Notwithstanding the appeal that the Government has lodged in the Apple State Aid case, Ireland is required to comply with the binding articles of the Commission’s Final Decision and to recover the alleged aid from Apple. Irish officials are continuing this work to ensure that the State complies with all our recovery obligations as soon as possible. 

The Commission has said publicly that the recovery amount may be reduced if other countries were to require Apple to pay more taxes. The Commission’s Decision does not change the taxing rights in other countries and what the Commission is referring to here forms part of the regular private tax process for any global company, whereby they are responsible for managing their global tax affairs in the various jurisdictions in which they are located.

It is therefore a matter between the company in question and the tax authorities in the various locations where they do business as to whether there are any taxation issues to be addressed and I am not in a position to comment on that engagement due to the necessity to respect taxpayer confidentiality.

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