Kumele sibuyele emuva Ngo-2016 lapho i-Apple igwetshwa ukuthi ikhokhe izinhlawulo ngokukhokha intela. I-Apple ithathe inzuzo yemikhiqizo eyithengisayo emazweni amaningi e-EU yaya e-Ireland, lapho inani lentela liphansi kakhulu uma liqhathaniswa namanye amazwe.
Amazwe e-EU azizwe ehlupheke ngesinqumo sika-Apple acele unswinyo kule nkampani. Ekugcineni i-EU iyalile I-Ireland izolanda ku-Apple inani lama-euro ayizigidi eziyi-13.000, okulingana nokukhokhiswa okungekho emthethweni konyaka we-2003 kuya ku-2014.
I-Apple ne-Ireland basenqabile lesi sigwebo futhi bamemezela ukuthi bazosidlulisela phambili, ngakho-ke impi esemthethweni isondela eminyakeni ezayo. Noma kunjalo, U-Apple uzoqala ukukhokha isikweletu kusuka ngenyanga ezayo, kuze kube nguSepthemba ozayo. Ngasohlangothini lwe-Ireland, lokhu kungahle kuvunyelwe ngokungathobeli umthetho.
Ekufunweni Kuyindaba yokucacisa ukuthi ngabe inani lentela elingu-0,5% elisetshenzisiwe ku-Apple laliyindlela enhle yini enkampanini noma isetshenziswe kunoma iyiphi inkampani enosayizi ofanayo.
Kummeli we-Apple uBruce Sewell, lokhu kumayelana nodaba lwabezindaba. ngakho-ke ngiyayidlulisa uma usudlulisa isicelo sakho ngokusemthethweni. Ngokusho kommeli, izinkampani eziningi ezinkulu zisebenza ngale ndlela ngaphakathi futhi akuyona inhloso ye-Apple ukugwema intela, kodwa inkinga yenhlangano.
Kuzoba neminyaka eminingi yamacala nezikhalazo maqondana nalokhu, okwamanje, umthethosivivinywa uzokhula kancane kancane. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi lokhu akulona icala elihlukile le-Apple. Ezinye izinkampani zobuchwepheshe, njengeGoogle, zisebenza ngendlela efanayo.
Okwamanje i-Ireland izofaka inani elinikelwe yi-Apple kwi-akhawunti, njengediphozi. Uma i-Apple ekugcineni kuvunyelwene ngayo, izwe laseYurophu lizobuyisa imali eqoqwe kwa-Apple. Ngokuvamile lolu hlobo lwamacala luphelela esivumelwaneni esihle kuzo zombili izinhlangothi, okungabandakanyi ukukhokhwa kwezigidi ezingama-13.000, uma kungeyona imali ephansi.