Not because I particularly dilike Apple or big US tech firms (I have a whole bunch of Apple stuff right here), but because Ireland has been able to undermine the tax regime of the whole EU, by giving these sweetheart tax deals to big firms, who can then run their entire EU business from there.
This gives an unfair tax advantage to the multinationals over homegrown EU companies, skewing the market.
Is it Apple's 'fault'? That's not really the interesting question here, IMHO.
Not because I particularly dilike Apple or big US tech firms (I have a whole bunch of Apple stuff right here), but because Ireland has been able to undermine the tax regime of the whole EU, by giving these sweetheart tax deals to big firms, who can then run their entire EU business from there.
This gives an unfair tax advantage to the multinationals over homegrown EU companies, skewing the market.
Is it Apple's 'fault'? That's not really the interesting question here, IMHO.