Uma sikhuluma ngentela sikhuluma ngodaba oluyinkimbinkimbi ... Ezikhathini eziningi ohulumeni uqobo bayalibambezela leli qoqo ukuze bahehe lezi zinkampani. Le nto iyashintsha lapho i-European Union iqala ukusebenza, futhi kubonakala sengathi kube njalo Izinhlangano zase-Europe ebezizogqugquzela i-Apple ukuthi igcine ikhokha ama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-14.300 abakweleta uhulumeni wase-Ireland. Ngemuva kokugxuma sikutshela ukuthi lolu daba lonke luhlobene kanjani nezintela uhulumeni wase-Ireland obekufanele aziqoqe nokuthi ekugcineni uye wakhuthazwa ukwenza lokho yi-European Union uqobo ...
Bekuvele kuyinyanga ka Agasti 2016 lapho uKhomishani Wezokuncintisana we-European Union, UMargrethe Vestager, ukhuthaze uhulumeni wase-Ireland ukuthi abuze i-Apple mayelana ne-13.100 billion euros ngezintela ezingalandwa. Leli sonto kube lapho uhulumeni wase-Ireland ukuqinisekisile kuVestager lokho I-Apple ibizokhokha leli nani ngaphandle kwezinkinga ngaphezu kwama-euro ayizigidi eziyi-1.200 ngaphezulu ngenxa yenzalo ehambisanayo ngokukhokha ngentengo. Amanani amele u-4.7% we-GDP yezwe ngonyaka we-2017, ngakho-ke akuqondakali ukuthi kungani umphathi omkhulu wase-Ireland engafuni ukuqoqa le mali kuze kube yilapho i-European Union uqobo isiphakamise ukuthi iqoqwe. Empeleni umqondo wokungaqoqeki ugqugquzelwa iqiniso lokuthi i-Ireland iyikomkhulu laseYurophu lezinkampani eziningi zobuchwepheshe, ngakho-ke "siza" ngentela.
Una izindaba ezinhle kunoma ngubani ohlala e-European Union. Njengoba sithanda inkampani efana ne-Apple, bobabili kanye nenye inkampani kufanele bakhokhe intela ehambelana nabo, izintela eziqoqwa kaningi sibonga thina ngendlela. Ngiyethemba ukuthi abafana baseCupertino, noma e-Ireland kuleli cala, ngeke babonane ngokushintshana ezindabeni ezinjengalezi futhi.