Apple tax deal: state scrambles to keep fine under €1 billion
Ireland to appeal record fine from Europe; Attempts to reduce penalty as ruling looms
The government was scrambling this weekend to limit the damage from the European Commission’s investigation into a sweetheart tax deal with Apple in an attempt to prevent it imposing a fine exceeding €1 billion on the state.
The Sunday Business Post understands the government is braced for an adverse ruling in the long-running state aid case and the strategy is now about keeping the fine as low as possible in a bid to ...
