Abafana baseCupertino basanda kufaka idiphozi kwi-akhawunti yesiqinisekiso esivinjiwe, inkokhelo yokuqala okufanele bayenze e-Ireland inhlawulo yama-euro ayizigidi eziyi-13.000. Le nhlawulo ebekwe ukusikwa kwentela kanye nezinzuzo ezitholwe yi-Apple phakathi nayo yonke le minyaka kusazanywa kodwa namuhla ama-euro ayizigidi eziyi-1.500 adlulisiwe.
UNgqongqoshe Wezezimali wase-Ireland uqobo, uPaschal Donohoe, ubephethe ukumemezela ngalokhu Inkokhelo yokuqala yenkampani yeCupertino wokukhokhelwa kwesigwebo. Kunoma ikuphi, kunendwangu eningi okufanele isikwe kulesi sigwebo esibalulekile sezezimali futhi i-Apple iyaqhubeka nokudlulisa isinqumo senkantolo yamajaji.
Ihlawuliswe ngo-2016
Lona Inhlawulo yamadola ayisigidi yafakwa yi-European Commission ngo-Agasti 2016 odlule Futhi kuthatha isikhathi eside nodonsiswano lwezomthetho kuze kufike isikhathi lapho bekufanele balahle khona imali kwi-akhawunti evinjiwe futhi kube njalo. Kubukeka sengathi imizamo yase-Ireland egameni le-Apple ayisebenzi futhi ingxenye yokuqala yalesi sigwebo esikhulu isivele ingenisiwe.
I-Ireland izinhlangothi ne-Apple ngalolu daba futhi akalufihli nakancane, kepha akubonakali sengathi kukhona okungama kuleli banga. Amundi, iBlackRock Investment Management neGoldman Sachs Asset Management bazophatha ukuphatha le akhawunti yokungena kuze kuphele inkokhelo. Kusuka kwa-Apple kanye nase-Ireland kuhlale kuthiwe inkampani ye-apula elilunyiwe yasebenza ngaphansi komthetho kusukela ngomzuzu wokuqala, kepha inqubo okwamanje kuzofanele iqhubeke.