A farkon watan Janairu, Bloomberg ta ba mu bayanai cewa Apple na iya bin sama da dala biliyan 8.000 na haraji idan Hukumar Tarayyar Turai ta yanke hukunci cewa ƙimar Irish daidai ne. A wannan makon, Apple's CFO, Luca Master tattauna wannan bincike a wata hira da The Financial Times yana cewa Yi imani cewa Apple ba zai biya komai ba a cikin haraji, matukar dai sakamakon binciken ya kasance "mai adalci."
Lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da wannan binciken, Maestri ya ce “Wannan shari'ar ce tsakanin Hukumar Tarayyar Turai da Ireland kuma a gaskiya a yanzu ba zai yuwu a kimanta tasirin ba, muna buƙatar ganin menene shawarar ƙarshe don ganin abin da zai faru. Kimata ba sifili. Wato, idan akwai kyakkyawan sakamako a binciken, dole ne ya zama sifili«. A kowane hali, ya bayyana sarai cewa Apple na CFO yana yana faɗin abin da za a faɗa a fili. Akasin haka na iya lalata akwatin kamfanin da kuke wakilta.
"Idan akwai adalci, ya kamata Apple ya biya sifili"
Don shakatawa ƙwaƙwalwarka a ɗan, matsalar da suka bincika Apple shine kamfanin Ina yin rajistar duk haraji a cikin Ireland, kasar da ke da yarjejeniya ta musamman da gwamnatinta ta inda kawai ku biya 2,5%, adadin sau biyar ƙasa da 12.5% wanda zai zama ƙimar yau da kullun. Wannan shine ake kira "Injin Haraji" ko, menene daidai, ana neman kowace hanyar doka don biyan ƙananan haraji. Amma Hukumar Tarayyar Turai tana tunanin cewa ba duk abin da ke bisa doka bane kamar yadda mutanen Cupertino za su yi imani (ko sani).
Tim Cook ya riga ya faɗi cewa yayi imani wannan duka "sharar siyasa«, Wani abu wanda aka ƙara bayanan CFO na kamfanin. Yanzu ya rage a gani idan Apple ya biya sama da dala miliyan 8.000 da Bloomberg ke magana a kansu, sifilin da Maestri ya ce ko kuma adadin da ke tsakanin su.