[pornel]

This shows values per person in Ireland, but AFAIK the tax is from all European income, Apple has just channelled that through Irish subsidiary.

Isle of Man is probably even richer in per capita money they've never seen.

[arlort]

No, this is just about how much apple has been taxed under Irish law so all the back taxes would go to the Irish government

The source of the money originally being taxed doesn't matter

[badpun]

Apple, like other european giants, sends all its European business through Ireland, which is a convenient tax haven. Now, Ireland seems no longer happy being the tax haven, and Apple is forced to pay somewhat normal taxes.

[amiga386]

Ireland is happy to be a tax haven and would like to continue being one - the magic phrase is "put on the green jersey" (and think of the nation's economic interest rather than demand fiscal transparency from Apple)

But the EU isn't happy for Ireland to be one, and has forced it to close its dodgiest schemes as it also did with the Netherlands.

Also, the EU hasn't said Ireland is a tax haven, it said it's a tax "black hole"

[arlort]

I'm not sure what the connection to my statement above is, wrong comment your replied to?