Isityholo sokuphepha irhafu ngu-Apple ngokusebenzisa i-subsidiaries e-Ireland iyaqhubeka nokunikela into yokuthetha kwaye ngoku Ijaji yase-Italiyane yamkele isixa-mali se-euro ezingama-45.000 kunye nentloko yeyunithi yaseIreland yase-Apple..
Le intlawulo - isivumelwano yinxalenye yophando oluye lwaqhutywa iminyaka yi-Italy malunga nezityholo ukuba inkampani ayiphumelelanga ukuhlawula yonke okanye inxalenye yerhafu apho bekuya kunyanzeleka ngokusemthethweni eItali. njengenxalenye yophando kwizityholo zokuba inkampani ayikwazanga ukuhlawula irhafu e-Italy.
Izithunzi zokukrokrelana ne-Apple ziyaqhubeka
Ngokwengxelo ye-arhente yeendaba yeReuters, intloko yecandelo lika-Apple eIreland owayegwetywe iinyanga ezintandathu entolongweni uye wasibona isigwebo sakhe siguqulwa saba sisigwebo. Ixabiso le-euro ezingama-45.000 (malunga ne-49.126 yeedola) njengenxalenye yesivumelwano sokulungisa esinxulumene ne-apile elunyiweyo yokuphepha irhafu.
Inkqubo yophando yagqitywa ngoMatshi wonyaka ophelileyo, 2015. Idatha evezwe kolu phando yavumela u-Apple ukuba atyholwe ngokuba irekhode ingeniso eyenziwe e-Italiya ngenkxaso-mali esekwe e-Ireland ngenjongo ecacileyo yokunciphisa isiseko sayo sengeniso erhafiswayo kwaye ngaloo ndlela igcine phantse i-900 yezigidi zeeyuro ngexesha eliphakathi kuka-2008 no-2013..
Ngelo xesha, inkampani ye-iPhone ayizange ithandabuze ukugatya kunye nokuchasa izityholo ezinjalo kubasebenzi bayo, besithi azinasiseko ngokupheleleyo. Nangona kunjalo, kwiinyanga kamva, ngoDisemba 2015, I-Apple ekugqibeleni yafikelela kwisivumelwano ngokutsho apho ivumile ukuhlawula isixa esipheleleyo se-318 yezigidi zeeyuro kwiLizwe lase-Itali.. Esi sixa-mali simele kuphela isinye kwisithathu koko kwathiwa inkampani iye yasilela ukuyihlawula irhafu yenkampani iminyaka emihlanu iyonke.
Ngaphandle koku, ngokusekelwe kumthetho wase-Italiya, into yokuba i-Apple ifikelele kwisivumelwano kwaye yenza intlawulo ayithathwa njengento yokuvuma ityala.
Umthombo ofanayo ongachazwanga onike olu lwazi uxelela iReuters ukuba Abatshutshisi baseMilan abaphanda ngezi zityholo bacele ukuba zirhoxiswe izityholo ezijoliswe kubaphathi ababini benkampani yase-Italiya..
I-Apple Italia yinxalenye yothungelwano lwaseYurophu lwenkampani enekomkhulu eIreland. Apho, iApple ihlawula irhafu ephantsi kakhulu kunakwamanye amazwe e-European Union. I-Ireland ine-12,5% yereyithi yerhafu yeshishini kwimisebenzi yesiqhelo yeshishini, xa kuthelekiswa nomgangatho wase-Italiya wama-27,5%.
Imigaqo-nkqubo yerhafu ye-Apple eYurophu iye yaqwalaselwa ngamandla kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo. Le nkampani ityholwa ngokusebenzisa iinkampani ezininzi ezincedisayo ezikwidolophu yaseIreland yaseCork ukuhambisa imali ngaphandle kwezohlwayo zerhafu ezibalulekileyo..
Emva kophando olude olwathatha iminyaka emithathu, ngo-Agasti iKomishoni yaseYurophu yagweba ukuba i-Apple ifumene uncedo olungekho mthethweni oluvela e-Ireland olunxulumene neerhafu ekufuneka ihlawule kwilizwe. Iziphumo zophando zibonise ukuba i-Apple kuthiwa ihlawulwe phakathi kwe-0,005% kunye ne-1% yerhafu e-Ireland phakathi kwe-2003 kunye ne-2014, xa kuthelekiswa nerhafu yenkampani ekhoyo e-Ireland ye-12,5%..
I-CEO ye-Apple uTim Cook ubize iziphumo "zobu bullshit bezopolitiko zizonke" kwaye wachaza i-0.005% yerhafu yerhafu "njengenombolo yobuxoki." Kwileta evulekileyo kubo bonke abasebenzisi, u-Cook uthe u-Apple uqinisekile ukuba isigqibo "siya kuguqulwa," kodwa inkqubo yesibheno inokuthatha iminyaka eliqela kwiinkundla zaseYurophu. I-Apple ithe iyithobela ngokupheleleyo imithetho yerhafu yamazwe ngamazwe kwaye ingoyena mrhafi mkhulu wehlabathi.