Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, besithetha ngayo iingxaki u-Apple ajongane nazo kwi-European Union nase-United States otyholwa ngokubaleka irhafu, ngokumisela esona siseko sakhe siphambili eIreland, apho irhafu yomdibaniso phantse ingabikho. I-United States Congress isemva kwabafana baseCupertino ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo, apho ityholwa ngokuphepha irhafu, xa kuphela i-30% yayo yonke imali ehanjiswa yinkampani kweli lizwe. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo sikwazise ngezicwangciso zikarhulumente wase-Itali zokuyivavanya kakuhle le nkampani ukubona ukuba iyayiphepha na irhafu kwilizwe.
Ngokudibanisa inkxaso-mali yaseIreland, inkampani yabazali evela kulo lonke elaseYurophu, kwimisebenzi yezoqoqosho kweli lizwe, nangona iqinisekile ukuba iyafana kuwo onke amazwe, Inkxaso-mali yase-Italiya yayinokugcina ukuya kuthi ga kwi-880 yezigidi zeedola phakathi kuka-2008 no-2013. Kuyabonakala ukuba inkampani esekwe kwiCupertino ibiya kufikelela kwisivumelwano kunye noonondyebo base-Italiya ukuba bahlawule i-318 yezigidi zeerandi ukugqiba uphando oluqale kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo kwaye oko kunokuthetha intlawulo ephezulu kakhulu ye-Apple kunaleyo kuvunyelwene ngayo.
Okwangoku, U-Apple wayesoloko ezithethelela ngokubanga ukuba bahlala bexhomekeke kwinkxaso-mali yaseIreland Ngubani oyena wenza ngeniso ngokuthengisa kwiinkampani ezikumazwe apho izixhobo zithengiswa kumda omncinci kakhulu ongabaniki nzuzo, kungoko bahlala behlawula irhafu encinci nangona imali ihanjiswa yinkampani. E-Itali, umzekelo, irhafu yomdibaniso yi-27,5% ngelixa i-Ireland iyi-12,5% ithiyori, kodwa emva kwezivumelwano ezifikileyo kurhulumente wase-Ireland, iApple iya kuhlawula kuphela iipesenti ezi-4 njengerhafu yecandelo.
