Ngokombiko wenkampani eyaziwayo I-PricewaterhouseCoopers (ngemuva kwalokhu i-PwC), Uhulumeni wase-Ireland usebenzise imali engaphezu kwama- € 440.000 embhalweni ogunyaze futhi waqinisekisa izivumelwano zentela ezenziwe nenkampani yaseNyakatho Melika. Kuyindlela eyengeziwe engxenyeni ye-Ireland yokuvikela isivumelwano esisigcina namuhla nenkampani yaseCalifornia.
Umbiko wanikelwa kwizikhulu zika I-European Commission ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba umlawuli anqume ukuthi i-Apple yenze izinto eziningi ezingekho emthethweni eYurophu, Inani lazo lalezi zigameko elilinganiswe cishe ngama- € 13.000 wezigidi.
UMnyango Wezezimali wase-Ireland uveze ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ukuthi Izwe laseBrithani belizosebenzisa u- $ 1.8 million kuze kube manje kuleli cala. Eziningi zalezi zindleko ziye kubameli abavikela nabamele i-Ireland, eholwa ngu I-PwC Belgium.
I-Ireland iveze ukuthi lo mbiko owenziwe yinkampani yaseBelgium uyasisekela isimo esathathwa yizwe, esivikela ukuthi izivumelwano zalo nenkampani ezinze eCupertino zenziwe ngokomthetho. Ngakho-ke, bavikela lokho ngokusho kwemininingwane, "Izinqumo zentela ezithathwe kuleli cala phakathi kuka-1991 no-2007 bezihambisana nomthetho okhona manje."
Nokho, IKhomishini yasenqaba lesi sikhundla, yathi indlela enikezwe yi I-OECD. Kokubili inkampani yaseCalifornia nezwe laseBrithani basidlulisile isinqumo se- Ikhomishini, esidinga unomphela lokho kukhokha okubuyiselwayo kwezigidi ezingama-13.000 zamaRandi.
Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi ngokusho kwe- I-European Commission, I-Ireland inikeze amanani entela aphansi kakhulu ku-Apple iminyaka eminingi.
Leli cala livuliwe okwamanje, ngakho-ke hlala ubukele, ngoba siqinisekile ukuthi sizoqhubeka nokuthola izindaba ngaye.