Apple has agreed to start paying €13bn in back taxes to the Irish government within weeks over what EU competition authorities have said was years of sweetheart tax arrangements that amounted to illegal state aid.
Although Dublin and Apple still reject the ruling in 2016 by Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition commissioner, the agreement to begin payments marks a watershed in the biggest case in a Europe-wide crackdown against the tax practices of American tech companies.
Apple’s repayments will be held in an escrow account while the company and the Irish government continue their appeals in EU courts.
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