Abasemagunyeni baseFrance baphinda bayivula impikiswano malunga nemeko yezemali yeApple, kwaye kubonakala ngathi U-Apple wenze ishishini lezomthetho elithandabuzekayo, eliza kuthwala isohlwayo se-422 yezigidi zeedolanjengoko iiakhawunti zakho zisenokungacoceki kwaphela. Sele siyazi ukuba iApple ineenkqubo ezininzi zokwenza irhafu ezenza ukuthandabuza okuninzi, enyanisweni, kunokubangela "neempazamo" ezithi zivelise isohlwayo solawulo, njengoko kwenzekile kwimeko yolawulo lwerhafu yenkampani. Inkampani yaseCupertino eIreland, ibhulorho yayo engena naphuma eYurophu nalapho ifumene umahluko nokhetho olukhethekileyo, ngokucacileyo olungekho mthethweni.
Ngokwephephandaba laseFrance Le Monde, I-Apple ithethelele kwaye ihlawule e-France i-69 yezigidi zeerandi, isixa esingenangqondo ukuba sithathela ingqalelo izibonelelo ezikhuthazelwe sisigebenga saseMntla Melika. Ngalo ndlela, Abasemagunyeni baseFrance baphanda iminyaka ka-2011, 2012 no-2013. Ngokwimithombo esemthethweni evela kurhulumente wase-France, iminyaka ka-2014 no-2015 iphicothwe kutsha nje kwaye iziphumo beziyanelisa. Injalo imeko yezemali yenkampani yaseCupertino eYurophu, kwaye emva kokuba i-Ireland, kubonakala ngathi onke amazwe aluma iapile.
Ngeli xesha, iApple "idlala isiSweden", ayikaze ithethwe ngcono, kwaye ikwabonisa ukuba ayikaze yaziswe ngayo ngabasemagunyeni baseFrance. Nangona kunjalo, siyazi ukuba iApple iyathanda ukudlala ikati kunye nempuku, konke nje xa uTim Cook eqala ukwenza amehlo kuDonald Trump, njengomongameli wexesha elizayo wase-United States of America wathembisa. - yehlisa irhafu yokubuyisa iasethi eyimali ukusuka kwi-30% yangoku ukuya kwi-10%, Eziza kwenza ukuba iinkampani ezinje ngeApple zigqithisele yonke imali kwiYurophu nakwezinye iindawo ngqo eMelika.