A new proposal promoted mainly by France and Germany, asks the guys from Cupertino to modify the way they have today of paying taxes in the old continent and pay in each of the countries where they sell their products.
All of us who follow Apple's trajectory are clear that the brand's headquarters are in Ireland because of the low tax costs they pay there. In this way It is not only Apple that has its headquarters in the country to reduce the taxes they pay to Europe but obviously it is one of those that would be harmed if this proposal continues to advance.
Facebook, Amazon, Google and a handful of big companies are based in IrelandFor the same reason and it is possible that if in the end this measure that the executives of France and Germany ask for progresses, the rest of the companies will also end up going through the same measures.
In this case, the French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire himself declared that for 2018 an attempt will be made to apply this tax payment format according to the benefits obtained in each of the territories and thus equalize the taxes paid by these large companies with local companies. Le Marie, commented in various media:
Europe has to be more firm in economic matters as they do in other countries like the United States or China. We cannot allow the profit obtained by large companies in one country to be taxed in other countries.
Although it is true that there have been several firm movements in this regard, including some important fines such as the 13 million euros imposed on Apple for tax purposes, we are not sure that this is so simple and it is evident that Apple, Facebook, Google and any of the outside companies that pay their taxes in Ireland today will fight to continue doing the same for years to come. We will see what ends up happening over time and especially if in the end this measure is carried out we will have to be aware whether or not it will affect the price of the products of the different brands.