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Ireland's finance minister welcomes the judgement of a European court which annulled an EU claim that Ireland had unfairly allowed Apple to benefit from 13 billion euros in state aid. SOUNDBITE
Two straight friends named Michael O'Sullivan and Matt Murphy married each other in Dublin last week to avoid paying an inherence tax on the latter's property . The grooms have been friends for almost 30 years, and Michael is now Matt's carer. Matt doesn't have any next of kin, and wanted to hand down his house to Michael without paying any penalties.
Amid signs of strain on its fragile coalition, the Irish cabinet has decided to join Apple's appeal against the EU's 13 billion euro tax demand. Ivor Bennett reports.
The European Commission yesterday ordered U.S. tech giant Apple to pay Ireland the equivalent of $14.5 billion in unpaid taxes on its foreign profits.
The multinational technology company Apple has been ordered to repay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in tax benefits back to the Republic of Ireland due to an "illegal" breach of EU state aid rules, confirmed European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager from Brussels, Tuesday.
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