Apple’s tax woes leave Silicon Dock firms on edge
Companies that flocked to Dublin to take advantage of the low corporate tax rate face new uncertainty on tax
James Park flew into a storm as he arrived to open Fitbit’s new offices in Dublin recently, one day after Europe slapped Apple with a record tax demand in Ireland.
While young workers for the San Francisco-based maker of wearable fitness trackers chatted on treadmills nearby, Park swiftly dismissed any suggestion that the Apple case could derail his plan to double the size of Fitbit’s operation, located close to the banks of Dublin’s ...