Naman Ramachandran Apple and the Republic of Ireland have won an appeal against a European Commission ruling that the technology giant pay €13 billion ($14.8 billion) in taxes in the country.In 2016, the Commission, which is the executive wing of the European Union, had concluded that Ireland had enabled Apple to pay “substantially less tax than other businesses over many years,” and ordered a payment of back taxes.Apple and Ireland appealed the decision, and on Wednesday, the European General Court said it was annulling the contested decision “because the Commission did not succeed in showing to the requisite legal standard that there was an advantage.”#EUGeneralCourt annuls the decision taken by the @EU_Commission regarding the Irish.
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