Hukumar Tarayyar Turai tana ƙaddamar da tsarin bincike don sanin yiwuwar Ireland ta ba wa Apple kulawa ko fifiko dangane da harkokin kasuwancinsa, wanda ba shi da doka kwata-kwata a cikin tsarin Tattalin Arzikin Turai. Ya kasance Lokaci na Karshe wanda ya bayyana wannan bayanin, tunda da alama a farkon binciken hukumomin Irish suna aiki tare, amma takardun da aka aiko ba su da cikakkiyar gamsarwa Hukumar Tarayyar Turai wacce ta yanke shawarar zurfafa bincike kan lamarin don gano ko da gaske Apple yana cin gajiyar wani nau'in kulawa mai kyau a Ireland.
Koyaya, ƙasar Ireland tana cikin yakin neman zaɓe wanda zai ƙare da taron zaɓe a watan Fabrairun 2016, to a lokacin ne za a bayyana hukuncin ƙarshe na wannan binciken ga jama'a. Wannan binciken ya fara ne tun a shekarar 2014 kuma ana sa ran warware shi a duk shekara ta 2015, amma hakan bai taba faruwa ba, da alama bayanan da aka samu ya haifar da wani sakamakon da ba zato ba tsammani wanda za a kara shi sosai.
Wani mai magana da yawun Ma’aikatar Kudin ta Ireland ya tabbatar da cewa suna bayar da karin bayani ga Tarayyar Turai kuma ba sa fatan kowane irin hukunci sai bayan sabuwar shekara. Idan tsarin harajin Apple tare da Ireland ya zama ba bisa doka ba, ana iya hukunta kamfanin Cupertino ta hanyar biyan haraji na shekaru goma., wanda zai haifar da biliyoyin euro. Shugaban kamfanin Apple ya tabbatar da cewa zai kasance a Ireland don dalilai na haraji ba tare da la'akari da ƙudurin Hukumar Tarayyar Turai ba, tare da tabbatar da cewa Apple ba ya yin kowane irin zamba cikin haraji, tunda yana ba da gudummawa ga Ireland 12,5% na duk ribar da Apple ya samu. a Turai.