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by SparklingCotton 2899 days ago
It should have been obvious to Apple that they were receiving illegal subsidies, given that they were taxed differently than other companies.

"The Irish government agreed a deal with Apple in 1991 to only tax a certain bracket of its earnings" http://uk.businessinsider.com/how-apple-managed-to-get-its-t...

To me it's pretty obvious that Tim Cook will burn in hell :-).

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> It should have been obvious to Apple

Though tax avoidance was a corporate strategy and they actually sought these deals it would not have been obvious that this was technically illegal. The Irish Revenue Commissioners told them it was legal as an interpretation of Irish law, which was incorrect.