Kubonakala ngathi i-Apple ijongene nophando olubalulekileyo olwenziwe yi-EC (iKhomishini yaseYurophu) enokuthi iphele kwisibophelelo esifanayo Buyisela isixa esimalunga ne-8.000 yezigidi zeedola kwirhafu evela kwimisebenzi yayo eYurophu.
Akusiyo okokuqala ukuba esi sihloko siviwe kwiinethiwekhi kwaye sisihloko esithi Iitshaneli zeApple konke ukuthengisa okwenzayo eYurophu ngeIreland ngezibonelelo zerhafu ezifunyanwa apho.
Asithethi ngento yokuba iApple ngokwayo ayihlawulanga oko ikutyalayo, kodwa yi-Ireland eyenze ubuqhetseba, ishiya irhafu inomdla ophantsi. I-Apple ihlawule irhafu ye-2,5% kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo xa ibifanele ukuba yi-12,5%.
Ezi zibonelelo zerhafu zinikezelwa kwinkampani yaseCupertino yiIreland uqobo, okanye yile nto kuthiwa sele ixoxwa kwiindawo ezininzi kwinethiwekhi yenethiwekhi. Ukuba uphando ligqiba kwelokuba kukho ubuqhetseba kwirhafu, abo bane-apile elunyiweyo kuya kufuneka babuyise umzobo obandayo esikuxelele ngawo.
Kuya kufuneka silinde ukufumanisa ukuba i-EC igqibela ngokuhlawulisa iApple ngokufumana unyango oluhle eIreland ukuya kuthi ga kwiirhafu, umba wokuba ilizwe ngokwalo lisisihlazo, inikwe ubungakanani iApple ngokwayo enayo kwihlabathi liphela.
