Apple is expected to 400 million euros to the tax authorities French – RTL.fr

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A queue in front of an Apple store, September 20, 2013

by Anne-Sophie Blot , With AFP published the 24/11/2016 at 05:15

Accused of having underestimated its taxes through tax arrangements, the French subsidiary of Apple may have 400 million euros to the tax authorities, revealed to The Express on Wednesday. Bercy has refused to confirm this information from the Agency France-Presse, the name of the respect of the “tax secrecy”. For its part, the american company has insured that you have not received notification of this adjustment. According to the weekly, the 400 million euros are claimed at the giant us computer in the course of an investigation of the tax-bearing over the years 2011 to 2013, which has given rise to a search.

This survey, mentioned in the accounts filed with the court of commerce, the AFP was able to consult, concerning more specifically, according to The Express one of the two hexagonal structures of the multinational company, Apple France. The latter, owned by its parent company in ireland, “cashing in on the territory for only a fraction of the sales of iPhone, iPad or MacBook, made by any third party”, such as shops, telecom operators, writes the weekly.

France “will not”

The revenues raised remain weak, a large part of the money being transferred to Cork, Ireland. A tax optimization strategy considered legal by Apple, but considered improper by Bercy. The american firm has been ordered at the end of August by the european Commission to repay to Ireland more than € 13 billion of”undue tax advantages”, because of the tax practices challenged in the country. Apple has appealed. in Several european countries, including Austria and Spain, said after the decision to consider asking Apple to refund part of the taxes that the us computer giant would have had to pay on their territory.

The minister of Economy and Finance Michel Sapin had, for its part, defended in mid-September of any “passivity” vis-à-vis the firm. “This is not because we respect the secret tax that our governments are passive and do not trend with the effective companies that misrepresent the freedom of movement”, he stressed. The minister had, however, clarified that France does, “would negotiate not” with the american giant. “This is the law and the tax law that applies”, whether “such and such a company, with the name of a fruit or a other,” he said. The group at the apple has accepted the end of December to pay 318 million euros to the tax authorities and Italian to end a dispute three-year-old.

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