– Apple will pay to the Italian State of EUR 318 million. And ‘as specified in the agreement signed between the Cupertino giant and the IRS. The Inland Revenue had accused the company of the iPhone and iPad, to invoice in Ireland, where there is a tax system more convenient, also the sales that occurred in our country. Between 2008 and 2013, Apple would have processed 880 million euro of IRES.
of Stefania Ferraro
The news of the agreement between Apple and Italy was widespread newspaper The Republic and subsequently confirmed by the Milan prosecutor’s office. The number for the company founded by Steve Jobs has agreed to pay would be exactly that required by the Inland Revenue.
According to sources of the Prosecutor, it would be a “major achievement”, as it would be the first time in the world that, in similar cases, the Cupertino giant resolves a tax dispute in one of the countries where we operate by paying a maxi-compensation to the Treasury.
In March the notices of – In March the Milan prosecutor’s office had sent three notices of investigation for many managers because of non-payment of IRES. The involved, ie the legal representative and chief executive of Apple Italy Enzo Biagini, the financial director Mauro Cardaio and the manager of the Irish Apple Sales International, Michael Thomas O’Sullivan, could however the process despite the agreement with the Fisco.L ‘ lightens agreement, the positions of the three managers.
A scheme also followed by Google – As the investigation has shown, the profits made by the Italian multinational, in a pattern that It would be followed by other hi-tech giants such as Google and the internet (again in Milan is an inquiry), were recorded by the company based in Ireland, a country where the tax burden is more favorable. The file had been opened two years ago and had also led to a search of the Milan headquarters of Apple and the seizure of computer equipment and telephone.
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