Mwedzi uno, Tim Cook akazivisa kuti zvese zvine chekuita nekutiza mutero kukambani yaanoshanda yaive "huwandu hwezvematongerwo enyika«. Sezvinei, zvese zvaakatiudza zvaive zvisiri zvechokwadi nekuti apuro Ndingadai ndatosvika pachibvumirano umo yaizobhadhara yakazara 318 mamirioni maEuro kupedzisa kuferefeta kunogona kumanikidza iyo Cupertino kambani kubhadhara katatu iyo mari.
Vatongi veItari muMilan vakapedzisa kuti Apple ingadai yakagadzira tax engineering kudzikisa mutero wake uye kuchengetedza $ 879 mamirioni, chimwe chinhu chaachazowana nekuzivisa imwe purofiti mune yeIrish subsidiary, yakaitika pakati pa2008 na2013.
Apple haisati yataura pamusoro pechibvumirano ichi, asi yakambopomera ichiti yatobhadhara imwe neimwe yemitero munyika yega yega. Kusvika parizvino, ivo vaigara vakaomerera kuti ivo havana mhosva, asi chibvumirano ichi chinongotaridza kuti vaisataura chokwadi. Chinhu chinonzwisisika kana usina mhosva uye uine hana yakachena kungave kuenda mberi uye usingabhadhari izvo, mukufunga, zvisingaenderane newe.
Apple Italia chikamu cheinoshanda nzvimbo yekambani iri mu Ireland, uko Apple inobhadhara a mutero wakaderera kwazvo kwandaizobhadhara kune dzimwe nyika. Munyika yeIrish, mutero we12.5%, isingasviki hafu ye27,5% yaunofanira kubhadhara muItari. Kana isu tichifunga nezve mari inofambiswa nekambani yakaita seApple, iyo mari ingangove inosemesa manhamba.
Haisi nguva yekutanga kuti Apple kusangana nemhosva dzakadai. MunaSeptember 2014, European Commission yakatopomera kambani iyo Tim Cook inomhanya yekugamuchira zvisiri pamutemo mamiriro anobatsira kubva kuIreland, asi ichi ndicho chinhu chatichazonzwa nezvacho mu2016. Chero zvazviri, zvinoita sekunge hazvisi zvese zvemanyepo zvematongerwo enyika, handiti?
Zvese zvinotaurwa naCook hazvina basa, kutanga nedhipatimendi re software.