Apple paid Ireland a staggering $17 billion in taxes in 2025
Apple's Irish tax arrangements were scrutinized for more than a decade, and has now, finally, culminated in one of the largest corporate tax recoveries ever ordered by the European Union. Apple's facility in Cork, Ireland | Image credit: Apple Apple has been fighting a decade-long battle over how much it owed Ireland in corporate taxes. The company was accused by the European Union of exploiting a loophole to avoid reduce its tax liability, despite employing more than 5,000 people in the country. Now, new filings, seen by The Financial Times , show that Apple paid $17 billion in taxes to Ireland in 2025. Globally, the company had paid $43 billion, which means Ireland accounted this one time for roughly 40% of Apple's corporate tax bill for the year. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Apple's Irish tax arrangements were scrutinized for more than a decade, and has now, finally, culminated in one of the largest corporate tax recoveries ever ordered by the European Union. Apple's facility in Cork, Ireland | Image credit: Apple Apple has been fighting a decade-long battle over how much it owed Ireland in corporate taxes. The company was accused by the European Union of exploiting a loophole to avoid reduce its tax liability, despite employing more than 5,000 people in the country. Now, new filings, seen by The Financial Times , show that Apple paid $17 billion in taxes to Ireland in 2025. Globally, the company had paid $43 billion, which means Ireland accounted this one time for roughly 40% of Apple's corporate tax bill for the year. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Apple's Irish tax arrangements were scrutinized for more than a decade, and has now, finally, culminated in one of the largest corporate tax recoveries ever ordered by the European Union.
Apple's facility in Cork, Ireland | Image credit: Apple Apple has been fighting a decade-long battle over how much it owed Ireland in corporate taxes.
The company was accused by the European Union of exploiting a loophole to avoid reduce its tax liability, despite employing more than 5,000 people in the country.
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