Kwasekuqaleni kukaJanuwari, iBloomberg yasinika ulwazi lokuba iApple inokuba netyala elingaphezulu kweerandi eziyi-8.000 zeerandi ukuba iKhomishini yaseYurophu ilawula amaxabiso e-Ireland ukuba achanekile. Kule veki, i-CFO ka-Apple, ULuca Maestri uxoxe ngolu phando kudliwanondlebe kunye Financial Times Nditsho kholelwa ukuba iApple ayizukuhlawula nto kwirhafu, okoko nje iziphumo zophando "zinobulungisa."
Xa ebuzwa ngolu phando, uMaestri wathi "Le yimeko phakathi kweKhomishini yaseYurophu kunye neIreland kwaye ngeliphandle ngoku akunakwenzeka ukuba siqikelele ifuthe, kufuneka sibone ukuba sithini isigqibo sokugqibela ukubona ukuba kwenzeka ntoni. Uqikelelo lwam ngu-zero. Oko kukuthi, ukuba kukho iziphumo ezifanelekileyo kuphando, kufuneka kungabikho«. Ngayiphi na imeko, kucacile ukuba iCFO ka-Apple yiyo Ndithetha ntoni esidlangalaleni. Ukuchasana kunokonakalisa iingxowa zenkampani oyimeleyo.
"Ukuba kukho ubulungisa, iApple kufuneka ihlawule zero"
Ukuhlaziya inkumbulo yakho kancinci, ingxaki abayiphandayo iApple kukuba yinkampani Ndifaka zonke iirhafu eIrelandilizwe elinesivumelwano esikhethekileyo norhulumente waso apho Kufuneka uhlawule kuphela iipesenti ezi-2,5, isixa esiphindwe kahlanu kunesi-12.5% esiya kuba sisiqhelo esiqhelekileyo. Oku kubizwa ngokuba "bubunjineli beRhafu" okanye, ngamanye amagama, ukujonga nayiphi na indlela esemthethweni yokuhlawula irhafu encinci. Kodwa iKhomishini yaseYurophu icinga ukuba ayizizo zonke izinto ezisemthethweni njengoko abantu baseCupertino banokukholelwa (okanye bazi).
UTim Cook sele esithi uyakholelwa kuko konke oku "Inkunkuma yezopolitiko«, Into edityaniswa nengxelo yeCFO yenkampani. Ngoku iya kuhlala ibonwa ukuba iApple ihlawula ngaphezulu kwe-8.000 yezigidi zeedola ezithetha ngeBloomberg, zero athetha ngayo uMaestri okanye isixa esiphakathi.