Apple restated by France : a problem of rich – ZDNet France

Dirty year for Apple on the tax plan. Difficult to be the business the most profitable of the story without being the subject of particular attention, especially when it turns out to be a champion of the tax optimization.

In 2016, Europe has required its member States, the Ireland, she is calling for Apple to 13 billion euros. In question, small arrangements in terms of tax. The Commission clarified, however, that the other members of the EU were entitled to recover the constructor.

€ 2.5 billion adjustment to the GAFA

It is well what would be the France. According to The Express, the tax audit of 2014 on the previous three years of the giant will lead to a recovery. And our colleagues to announce more than € 400 million – far short of the 1.6 billion euros that would be required of Google.

The american giants of the digital, are regularly pinned to their tax optimization allowing them to view tax rates ridiculously low. Last week, during the examination of the Finance law to the Assembly, the secretary of State in charge of the Budget announced significant adjustments to tax for these corporations.

“already, the multinational GAFA – Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon – have been notified about 2.5 billion euros in relief, penalties ranging from 40 to 80 %, again” quoted Business Insider.

And this amount was, he said, that the years prior to 2013. For Christian Eckert, the services of Bercy reviewed the results of these companies for 2013 to 2015. “And we can imagine that they will give rise to adjustments of the same magnitude” anticipated by the member of the government.

A future standoff with the US ?

Tim Cook, Apple CEO, denounce-t-he new anti-americanism, greed, and bullshit policies ? The GAFAM could get the support of american authorities, including the new administration’s Trump despite the low affinity displayed between Trump and the Silicon Valley.

“The Eu is a supranational authority that violates the tax decisions taken in each of the member States” blamed this summer in Brussels, the secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew. The protectionist policy desired by the new president could benefit these multinationals.

The Internet Association, which represents 40 giants of the Web, is already closer to the future administration in the hope of seeing the support in his conquest of Europe and the protest of “issues related to the restrictions of european innovation”.