Ngokwemininingwane kushicilelwe nge-L'Express, Iziphathimandla zentela zaseFrance zisanda kuhlawulisa u- € 400 million (cishe $ 422 million) ngokumelene ne-Apple. Isizathu? Ungakucabanga, i- uhlelo oluyinkimbinkimbi noluyimpikiswano lokusebenzisa intela i-Apple esebenza nalo futhi lokho kukuvumela ukuthi wehlise isisekelo sentela yokuthengisa kwakho ezweni elithile, kulokhu iFrance, ukuliphambukisela kwenye indawo lapho linentela enenzuzo khona kakhulu: i-Ireland.
Njengoba kubike iphephandaba laseFrance OkwezweLe nhlawulo imele ukulungiswa kwezimali ngokususelwa kulokho obekufanele ngabe ikhokhe intela, kepha ayikakhokhelwa uMbuso waseFrance.
Kusuka eFrance kuya e-Ireland
Inhlawulo yesigidi ibhekiswe ngqo ku-Apple France, inkampani engaphansi kwenkampani yaseMelika i-Apple Inc., okuthi noma ithengisa yonke imikhiqizo yayo enhlabathini yaseFrance, bekungabika kuphela imali engenayo yama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-69 ezinsizakalweni zokuqoqwa kwentela yaseFrance. Okunye, kuze kube yimali engenayo yangempela, ngabe kudluliselwe e-Ireland, izwe elisebenzisa inani lentela eliphansi kakhulu kunomakhelwane wethu.
Umdlalo ulula: njengoba izintela zimelela iphesenti lemali engenayo yokuthengisa, i-Apple inciphisa lesi sisekelo futhi ngenxa yalokho, umphumela wokugcina okumele ukhokhwe uphansi. Inani elingachazwanga eFrance libikwa e-Ireland, lapho kusetshenziswa iphesenti eliphansi lentela, futhi le yindlela okuthiwa i-Apple ikwazi ngayo ukukhokha intela encane.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi, U-Apple uthi akakaze aziswe mayelana nalesi simo ngabaphathi bezentela baseFrance. Empeleni, Abaphathi be-Apple kubikwa ukuthi bakhombisile ukuthi bayifundile inhlawulo emaphephandabeni, ngokusho komthombo ongaziwa.
Indaba ayikapheli
Iziphathimandla zaseFrance Baphenye kuphela isikhathi esiphakathi kuka-2011 no-2013 kodwa-ke, kubonakala sengathi lokhu kungena ngaphansi kwe-Apple kungakapheli njengoba "isikhulu sikahulumeni waseFrance" sishilo ukuthi isikhathi esiphakathi iminyaka yowezi-2013 nowezi-2015 isacutshungulwa ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi i-Apple izothola enye inhlawulo ongashintsha ngayo intela engakhokhiwe eFrance.
Yize kungabonakala sengathi lokhu kungaphansi kokushushiswa kwe-Apple, akulona iqiniso, ngoba ezinye izigebenga zezobuchwepheshe ezifana neGoogle, Facebook neAmazon nazo ziyaphenywa emazweni ahlukene aseYurophu ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo.
Kepha futhi kuyiqiniso ukuthi, ngaleli zinga, i-Apple isivele ingaqala ukuzenzela eyayo inhlawulo njengoba lesi esinye nje isiqephu emlandweni omude. Sekuyiminyaka eminingana i-Apple iyisizinda senkulumompikiswano yentela ngaphakathi kwe-European Union. Ngokusebenzisa imibuso yentela esemthethweni kodwa enempikiswano, i-Apple iyakwazi ukuthumela inzuzo yayo eningi e-Ireland lapho ijabulela khona, kanye nezinye izinkampani eziningi, amanani entela akhethwayo. Ngokwami, umbuzo ovelayo kimi ngukuthi: uma lezi zinyathelo zisemthethweni, kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi kufakwe unswinyo ngomkhuba wabo?
Ngo-Agasti, I-European Commission isivele ifake inhlawulo esindayo ku-Apple ngesisekelo sezinsolo zokuphathwa yi-Ireland, ngokombono weKhomishini, okwenza 'usizo lombuso olungekho emthethweni'. Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga UNgqongqoshe Wezezimali wase-Ireland ubike ukuthi iDublin isiphikisile isinqumo se-EU; akwenzayo kwakuwukudlulisa icala ezinkantolo zaseYurophu ukuze kufakwe inhlawulo ayibekelwe.
UTrump angaba nesisombululo
Sekuyiminyaka, i-Apple icela uhulumeni wase-United States ukuthi ashintshe inqubomgomo yakhe yentela evumela ukuthi ilethele izwe inzuzo eyabe isatshalaliswa phesheya, kepha kuze kube manje, akukho okushintshile.
NgoDisemba 2015 uTim Cook kubuzwa ngakho ohlelweni Imizuzu ye-60, waphendula wathi:
Ngingathanda ukukuyisa ekhaya. Kepha kungangibiza u-40% ukuyiletha ekhaya, futhi angicabangi ukuthi lokho kunengqondo. Le yikhodi yentela eyenzelwe iminyaka yezimboni, hhayi iminyaka yedijithali. Kusemuva. Kuyesabeka eMelika. Bekufanele ngabe ilungisiwe eminyakeni eminingi eyedlule. Sekuyisikhathi sokwenza.
Ngenhlanhla nge-Apple, kubonakala sengathi lokhu kungashintsha ngokufika kukaDonald Trump ehhovisi likamongameli, inqobo nje uma i-Apple kanye namanye amazwe aseMelika evuma ukwenza "amakhompyutha abo" neminye imikhiqizo ngaphakathi kwemingcele yezwe laseYankee.