Pre-tax income at Apple’s Irish unit hits $67bn

Cork-headquartered company pays out dividend of $25.3 billion to its parent company

The figures mean that Apple, the world’s biggest company by market capitalisation, took in average income of $185.6 million every day last year. Picture: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty

Pre-tax income at Apple’s main Irish subsidiary more than doubled last year as the company paid out a dividend of $25.3 billion (€23.9 billion) to its parent company.

Accounts filed by Apple Operations International Limited, which is headquartered in Cork, show the company’s sales reached $211.1 billion (€199.49 billion) in the period until the end September 2021, marking a jump of 42 per cent for the business.

Income before tax at the company, which employs ...