EC loses patience with Irish stalling over €13 billion Apple state aid reclaim

Salman Shaheen

October 05, 2017

The European Commission is taking Ireland to court as the country still hasn’t reclaimed the €13 billion ($15.2 billion) state aid from Apple more than a year after the company’s tax treatment was deemed illegal.

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