The European Commission is initiating an investigation procedure to find out the possibility that Ireland has offered a favorable or preferential treatment to Apple in terms of the control of its businesses, which is completely illegal within the framework of the European Economic Community. Has been The Final Times who has revealed this information, since it seems that at the beginning of the investigation the Irish authorities were being collaborative, but the documents sent do not seem to fully convince the European Commission that has decided to look deeper into the matter to find out if Apple is really benefiting from some kind of favorable treatment in Ireland.
However, Ireland is mired in an electoral campaign that will end with the event of the elections in February 2016, it will be then when the final verdict of this investigation is made public. This investigation began back in 2014 and its resolution was expected throughout 2015, but it never came, it seems that the information obtained has led to an unexpected result that will have to be taken more carefully.
A spokesman for the Irish Ministry of Finance confirmed that they are providing additional information to the European Union and that they do not expect any kind of decision until after the new year. If Apple's tax regime with Ireland turns out to be illegal, the Cupertino company could be punished with paying ten years of back taxes., which would lead to billions of euros. The CEO of Apple ensures that he will remain in Ireland for tax purposes regardless of the European Commission's resolution, also ensuring that Apple is not committing any type of tax fraud, since it contributes to Ireland 12,5% of all the profits that Apple obtains in Europe.