The EU's New Rules on Repair and the Shadow of the Apple Tax Bill

A €13 billion back-tax bill is the elephant in Ireland's EU tax room, even as Brussels rolls out new consumer regulations. Apple's latest filing confirms it paid Ireland $17.1 billion in taxes last year, but that headline figure is inflated by the one-off settlement ordered by the EU's top court in 2024. The case, which Ireland fought alongside Apple for eight years, remains a defining example of the tension between national tax sovereignty and EU competition rules.

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