Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari, uBloomberg usinikeze imininingwane yokuthi i-Apple ingakweleta imali engaphezulu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 8.000 uma iKhomishini yaseYurophu ibeka umthetho wokuthi amanani ase-Ireland aqinisile. Kuleli sonto, i-CFO ka-Apple, ULuca Maestri uxoxe ngalolu cwaningo lapho exoxwa no I-Financial Times esho lokho bakholelwa ukuthi i-Apple ngeke ikhokhe lutho ezintela, inqobo nje uma umphumela wophenyo "ulungile."
Lapho ebuzwa ngalolu cwaningo, uMaestri wathi “Leli yicala phakathi kwe-European Commission ne-Ireland futhi ngokungagwegwesi njengamanje akunakwenzeka ukulinganisa umthelela, sidinga ukubona ukuthi yisiphi isinqumo sokugcina ukubona ukuthi kwenzekani. Isilinganiso sami singoziro. Okusho ukuthi, uma kunomphumela olungile ophenyweni, kufanele kube zero«. Kunoma ikuphi, kusobala ukuthi i-CFO yakwa-Apple iyi usho ukuthi uzothini esidlangalaleni. Okuphikisayo kungalimaza isikhwama senkampani oyimele.
"Uma kukhona ubulungiswa, i-Apple kufanele ikhokhe uziro"
Ukuvuselela inkumbulo yakho kancane, inkinga abayiphenyele i-Apple ukuthi inkampani Bengifaka yonke intela e-Ireland, izwe elinesivumelwano esikhethekile nohulumeni walo kufanele ukhokhe u-2,5% kuphela, inani eliphindwe kahlanu kuno-12.5% elingaba isilinganiso esivamile. Lokhu yilokho okubizwa nge- "Tax Engineering" noma, ngamanye amagama, ukufuna noma iyiphi indlela esemthethweni yokukhokha intela encane. Kepha i-European Commission icabanga ukuthi akuyona yonke into esemthethweni njengoba abantu baseCupertino bangakholelwa (noma bazi).
UTim Cook usevele wathi ukholelwa ukuthi yilokho kuphela "udoti wezepolitiki«, Okuthile okungezwe kukho izitatimende ze-CFO yenkampani. Manje kusazobonakala ukuthi ngabe i-Apple ikhokha imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-8.000 zamaRandi iBloomberg ekhuluma ngayo, iqanda elishiwo uMaestri noma inani eliphakathi.