Apple, kamar yawancin kamfanonin Amurka da ke da hedkwata a Ireland, suna ganin yadda a cikin 'yan shekarun nan sun zama babbar manufar Tarayyar Turai, don su biya duk kuɗin da suka adana ta doka ta hanyar samun hedkwatar haraji a cikin wannan ƙasar ga duk Turai.
Ireland ta ba da waɗannan yanayi masu fa'ida ga waɗannan kamfanoni, ba Apple kawai ba, don ƙoƙarin jan hankalin su don kafa tushen su a cikin ƙasar, tare da fa'idodin haraji, mafi amfaniwanda tuni kasar ta samu. Amma da alama aljanna ta ƙare.
A watan Agustan 2016, Tarayyar Turai ta gabatar da sakamakon binciken da ta gudanar kuma hakan yana da nasaba ne da biyan harajin Apple a kasar Ireland, saboda kyakkyawan yanayin harajin da kasar ta bayar, yanayin da ya baiwa kamfanin damar adana kadan fiye da Euro miliyan 13.000 tsakanin 2003 da 2014.
Tarayyar Turai ta bukaci gwamnatin Ireland Nemi kuɗin daga kamfanin Cupertino, amma gwamnatin kasar ta fara jinkiri wanda ya tilastawa Tarayyar Turai gurfanar da gwamnatin Ireland zuwa kotu don neman wannan kudin gaba daya.
Kamar yadda jaridar The Wall Street Journal ta ruwaito, a karshe Apple ya cimma yarjejeniya da gwamnatin Irish zuwa fara biyan a duk shekara hakan na zuwa, wataƙila a farkon rubu'in shekara, wanda a ƙa'ida zai ƙare da karar da Tarayyar Turai ta shigar da wannan gwamnatin.
Ya kamata a tuna cewa harajin kamfanoni a cikin Ireland shine ɗayan mafi ƙasƙanci a cikin Tarayyar Turai, 12%, saboda haka yawancin ƙasashen waje da yawa suka kafa hedkwatar harajin su a can. Amma, game da Apple, sharuɗɗan da duka Apple da gwamnati suka amince da shi, sun rage wannan harajin zuwa 4%.