Iphephandaba laseMzantsi Afrika, lelinye lawona maphepha abalulekileyo eJamani, Ipapashwe kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo Ileta evulekileyo eya kwi-Apple CEO, UTim Cook, apho umhleli oyintloko, uWolfgang Krach, ebanga ukuba yingxilimbela yaseCupertino hlawula phakathi kwe-1 ne-7% yerhafu kwingeniso yakho engaphandle.
UKrach wafikelela kweli nani emva koko Hlalutya amaxwebhu abhengezwe esidlangalaleni ngokuvuza kwamaphepha eParadesi I-Consortium yaMazwe ngaMazwe yaBaphengululi bezeNdaba ikwazile ukuveza Umhleli ubanga ukuba uApple ushiye imibuzo engaphendulwanga ebuzwa yile phephandaba, etyhola i-iPhone eyenza iteknoloji yokubaleka uxanduva lwayo xa kufikwa ekuchazeni nasekucaciseni iindlela zayo ezinokuphikisana noluntu.
“I-Apple iyazazisa njengenkampani esekuhleni. Ukuba oku kuyinyani, kunjalo ngokwenene akukho sizathu sokuba uthule, suku?". Yile nto inokufundwa kule ngxelo.
UWolfgang Krach ugxeke iApple ngokufuna isiqinisekiso esisemthethweni sokuxolelwa kwirhafu kwilizwe elingachazwanga. Kutheni ufuna lonto? Kutheni le nto uziva ugunyazisiwe ukuba ungahlawuli rhafu kwilizwe elithile? Ngaba ubufuna Iqondo lerhafu elinguziro yayingummiselo wokuqala ukuseka indawo yokuhlala irhafu? Yintoni ekunika ilungelo lokwenza oko? Babengabanye bemibuzo ebukhali eyalelwa ngumhleli wephephandaba kwintloko kaApple.
I-Apple ngoyena mrhafi mkhulu ehlabathini
Inkampani esekwe e-Cupertino ithe iirhafu zayo zerhafu engenayo phesheya yi-21%, ngelixa iphika zonke iingxelo ezisandula ukukhutshwa ezixela inyani yokuba I-Apple yahambisa imali elwandle ungarhafisi kwiShaneli yesiQithi saseJersey. Olu lwazi luvele kwiiPhepha leParadesi kwaye luye lwachaswa ngokupheleleyo yi-ICIJ lwaza lwavunywa yinkampani yamagqwetha ejongene nemicimbi enjalo.
Ukunika ingxelo ngengxelo yakutshanje kaTim Cook ku ENew York Times apho intloko yenkampani yetekhnoloji iqinisekisa ngokucacileyo ukuba iApple "yayinoxanduva lokuziphatha" hayi ukunceda kuphela ukukhulisa uqoqosho lwaseMelika, kodwa "ukufaka isandla kwamanye amazwe esishishina kuwo", UKrach uthi uApple" wokwenza ngcono irhafu "uzama ukuxhaphaza iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuphuma kwirhafu kwihlabathi liphela kwaye ngalo ndlela kuncitshiswe irhafu kwilizwe ngalinye kwaye kunyuswe inzuzo yayo.
"Mr. Cook, ucinga ukuba irekhodi lika-Apple lokuhlawula irhafu liyahambelana "noxanduva lokuziphatha" olukhuthazileyo kudliwanondlebe lwakho ne Maxesha? "Ukunyusa irhafu" olunje nangona umthetho usemthethweni- Inokwenzeka kuphela ngenxa yokuba iifemu ezikhethekileyo zomthetho, ezinje ngeAppleby, ziyilo lwezakhiwo ezintsonkothileyo ayifikeleleki kuninzi lwezinye iinkampani nakwimibutho elawula iintshukumo zezoqoqosho zeenkampani ”. Abasebenzi abanezakhono, abanini bamashishini abancinci, kunye nabasebenzi kumazwe amaninzi angaphandle kweMelika, uninzi lwabo ngokuqinisekileyo olusebenzisa iimveliso zeApple, abanandlela yokuphepha ukuhlawula irhafu eqhelekileyo.
Kude kube ngo-2014, iApple yayixhaphaza i-loophole kwimithetho yerhafu yaseIreland, eyaziwa njenge 'Double Irish' kuvunyelwe ukuhambisa lonke ukuthengisa kwakho phesheya ngokusebenzisa iinkxaso-mali zaseIreland. Endaweni yokuhlawula irhafu yecandelo laseIreland ye-12.5%, okanye i-US rate ye-35%, iintlawulo zangaphandle zerhafu ka-Apple kunqabile ukuba zifike ngaphezulu kwe-5% yenzuzo yayo yamanye amazwe kwaye kwiminyaka ethile yehle ngaphantsi kwe-2%.
Njengomzekelo, iKhomishini yaseYurophu ibala ukuba iirhafu zerhafu yeefemu zeApple zaseIrish zonyaka bezincinci njenge-0.005% kwiibhiliyoni zeedola kwintengiso yaseYurophu. Inkampani yetekhnoloji yaseMntla Melika ibandakanyeke ngokupheleleyo kwityala lokubaleka ukuhlawula irhafu elipapashwe yingxelo yeInternational Consortium yoPhando lweeNtatheli.