These are turbulent times in Europe. State aid investigations over unfair tax competition rumble on, meaning uncertainty lingers over company arrangements and national policies alike. And as the volume of LuxLeaks data is sifted through, more and more corporate taxpayers fear being drawn into this net. In her first public comments on the investigations, Margrethe Vestager, the new European Competition Commissioner, this month suggested there are doubts over the legality of Apple's tax deals with Ireland.
December 16 2014