Umphathi we-Apple u-Tim Cook uthe isigqibo se-EU asikhathalelanga indlela esebenza ngayo inkqubo yerhafu yamazwe aphesheya.UJustin Sullivan / Getty Izithombe NgoLwesibini, iqela lamagqwetha e-Apple laxoxa eLuxembourg kwinkundla yaseYurophu kwi-EU ukuzama ukuguqula isigqibo seKhomishini yaseYurophu (i-EC) kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo malunga neebhiliyoni zeedola kwirhafu ebuyayo u-Apple ekutyholwa ukuba uyayityala i-Ireland, ngoku i-Apple iyala ukuyibhatala. kwaye i-Ireland ayifuni.
Kwi-2016, emva kweminyaka emibini yophando malunga neendlela zerhafu ye-Apple eYurophu, i-EC igqibe kwelokuba i-Apple ihlawule irhafu encinci e-Ireland, ekhayeni kwikomkhulu layo laseYurophu, kunokuba bekufanele ukuba kunjalo iminyaka ngobunjineli bezemali obukrelekrele.
Ngokukodwa, iarhente yaseYurophu ibanga ukuba iApple ibuyisele uninzi lweenzuzo ebezirekhodile kumasebe amabini aseIreland- iApple yokuThengisa yaMazwe ngaMazwe kunye neApple Operations yaseYurophu- kwiofisi yeshell. Ngenxa yokuba le ofisi ikomkhulu ibikhona ephepheni kwaye ingenakho ukuvelisa eyona nzuzo, ingeniso ethe yatshintshwa apho yayixolelwe kwirhafu yecandelo phantsi kwemiqathango ethile yomthetho werhafu waseIreland.
Phakathi kwe-2003 kunye ne-2014, iKhomishini yaseYurophu ifumanise, iApple yehlise iqondo layo elifanelekileyo lokurhweba ukusuka kwi-1% ukuya kwi-0.005% kuphela. Ukubala zonke iirhafu ezingahlawulwanga ngeli xesha, kunye nemidla, iarhente iyalele iApple ukuba ihlawule i-14.3 yezigidigidi zerhafu kumrhumo wase-Ireland.
U-Apple ngoku ubanga ukuba umthetho oyilwayo werhafu uyasilela kwinto yokwenene kunye nengqiqo, inkampani ithe inkundla yagcwalisa ngoLwesibini kusasa.
Amagqwetha ka-Apple aphikise ukuba isigwebo sithetha ukuba yonke inzuzo ka-Apple kuyo yonke intengiso yayo engaphandle kwamazwe aseMelika kufuneka ihlawulwe ngamasebe amabini eIreland, uDaniel Beard, elinye lamagqwetha amele iApple kweli tyala, uxelele Inkundla Jikelele ye-EU ngoLwesibini. , Reuters ixelwe.
Umphathi we-Apple u-Tim Cook wenze iingxoxo ezifanayo kwi-2016 xa kwaphuma isigwebo okokuqala.
IKhomishini yaseYurophu iphehlelele iinzame zokubhala ngokutsha imbali ka-Apple eYurophu, ingayikhathaleli imithetho yeerhafu yase-Ireland kwaye ixhase inkqubo yerhafu yamanye amazwe kule nkqubo, ubhalele i-Apple abathengi ngo-Agasti ka-2016. Kwimeko ka-Apple, phantse lonke uphando lwethu kwaye ukukhula kwenzeka eCarlifonia, ke uninzi lweenzuzo zethu zirhafiswa eUnited States. Iinkampani zaseYurophu ezenza ishishini eMelika zirhafiswa ngokomgaqo ofanayo. Kodwa ikhomishini ngoku ifuna ukuba kutshintshwe imigaqo leyo.
Ukuxhasa iApple, amagqwetha amele ilizwe laseIreland athi i-EU ayitolikanga kakuhle imithetho yerhafu yaseIreland kwaye isigqibo sayo sango-2016 sasinemposiso, uPaul Gallagher, igqwetha laseIreland uxelele inkundla ngoLwesibini, ngeReuters.
I-Ireland yenye yeerhafu ezinkulu zehlabathi kwiinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe. Nangona ilizwe linerhafu yomdibaniselwano eyi-12.5% (isezantsi kune-21% yaseMelika), i-BEPS yayo yesisa (ukhukuliseko lomhlaba kunye nokushenxisa inzuzo) izixhobo, ezisetyenziswa kakhulu kucwangciso lwerhafu yomdibaniso, vumela iinkampani zangaphandle ukuba zifezekise irhafu efanelekileyo phakathi kwe-0% ukuya kwi-2.5% kwiingeniso zehlabathi ezibuyiselwe e-Ireland nangona uthungelwano lwesivumelwano serhafu.
Oku kunceda ukucacisa ubukho be-phantom capital, okanye utyalo-mali lwangaphandle olungenamsebenzi wokwenyani, e-Ireland. Ngokwe- Uphononongo lwamva nje lwe-IMF, Isibini kwisithathu sotyalomali lwangaphandle olungqalileyo lwangaphandle yi-phantom capital, emiselwe nje ukunciphisa iindleko zerhafu.
