Kufuneka sibuyele umva Ngo-2016 xa u-Apple wagwetywa ukuhlawula izohlwayo zokuhlawula irhafu. I-Apple ifumene ingeniso yeemveliso ezithengisayo kumazwe amaninzi e-EU zaya eIreland, apho irhafu iphantsi kakhulu xa kuthelekiswa namanye amazwe.
Amazwe e-EU azive esingelwe phantsi sisigqibo sika-Apple, acela isohlwayo kwinkampani. Ekugqibeleni i-EU iyalele I-Ireland iya kuqokelela kwi-Apple isixa se-13.000 yezigidi ze-euro, elingana nokuhlawuliswa ngokungekho mthethweni ngonyaka ka-2003 ukuya ku-2014.
UApple noIreland basiyekile isigwebo kwaye babhengeza ukuba bazakusibhena, ke idabi elisemthethweni liza kwiminyaka ezayo. Nangeyiphi ndlela, U-Apple uza kuqala ukuhlawula ityala kwinyanga ezayo, kude kube nguSeptemba ozayo. Kwicala laseIreland, oku kunokugwetyelwa ukungathotyelwa.
Kwimfuno Ngumbuzo wokucacisa ukuba ireyithi ye-0,5% esetyenzisiweyo kwi-Apple yayilunyango oluhle kwinkampani okanye isetyenziselwe nayiphi na inkampani enobungakanani obufanayo.
Kwigqwetha lika-Apple uBruce Sewell, oku malunga nomcimbi weendaba. kwaye ke ndiyigqithisela kwisibheno sakho esisemthethweni. Ngokwegqwetha, iinkampani ezininzi ezinkulu zisebenza ngale ndlela ngaphakathi kwaye ayizonjongo zeApple ukubaleka irhafu, kodwa ngumbandela wombutho.
Iminyaka emininzi yamatyala kunye nezibheno iya kudlula malunga noku, ngeli xesha, ityala liyakonyuka kancinci kancinci. Kuyinyani ukuba ayisiyiyo imeko ekhethekileyo yeApple. Ezinye iinkampani zobuchwephesha, ezinje ngeGoogle, zenza ngendlela efanayo.
Okwangoku, i-Ireland iya kufaka isixa esikhutshwe yi-Apple kwiakhawunti, njengediphozithi. Ukuba i-Apple ekugqibeleni kuvunyelwene ngayo, ilizwe laseYurophu liyakubuyisa imali eqokelelwe kwa-Apple. Ngokubanzi, olu hlobo lwesimangalo luphela kwisivumelwano esifanelekileyo kuwo omabini amaqela, esingabandakanyi ukuhlawulwa kwezigidi ezili-13.000, ukuba ayisiyo mali iphantsi.