Ua nānā ʻia nā hana ʻauhau a Apple ma Ireland e ke aupuni US i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, a ua noho mālie ka ʻoihana mai ia manawa. Eia naʻe, i kēia manawa ke mākaukau nei ka European Union e nānā i nā hana a ka pilikua Kaleponi ma Ireland. Ua pilikia ʻo Apple i ka uku ʻana i nā ʻauhau, hiki ke hopena i nā piliona kālā.
ʻO Mei i hala aku nei, pono ʻo Apple CEO Tim Cook e hōʻike i mua o nā senador US, ʻaʻole lākou makemake i kēlā Ke neʻe nei ʻo Apple i kāna kālā i Ireland, kahi āna e uku ai i nā ʻauhau liʻiliʻi ma muli o ka hopena. Kuke nae ua hoike mai, e uku ana kana hui i na dala a pau ana i aie ai ma na auhau, a ma Okatoba ia ia Ua pololei ʻo ia me ke Komisina Securities and Exchange.
Akā ʻoiai ua hoʻopiʻi wale nā senador US iā Apple i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kūlana ma Ireland, makemake ka European Union e hana me Apple a me ʻelua mau hui nui ʻē aʻe - Amazon a me Starbucks - e hoʻohana ana i nā hana like me Apple. Hoʻomaopopo loa ka Irish a me Apple i nā ʻaelike kūpono ʻole.
"He mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻike o ka poʻe ʻaʻole mākou i hana i kahi kuʻikahi kūikawā ma Ireland. I nā makahiki he 35 a mākou i noho ai ma Ireland, ua hahai wale mākou i nā kānāwai kūloko, "wahi a pro waiwai Times ʻO Luca Maestri, ka CFO o Apple.
Eia nō naʻe, pono e hōʻike ke Komisina ʻEulopa i kāna mau ʻike mua i ka hihia i kēia pule. ʻO ke kī inā paha ua koi ʻo Apple i nā luna o Irish e hōʻemi i kāna mau ʻauhau ʻauhau, ʻo ia ka hopena i ke kōkua aupuni ʻole. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Apple me ke aupuni Irish e pili ana i nā ʻauhau ma 1991 a me 2007, akā hōʻole ʻo Maestri ua hoʻoweliweli ʻo Apple, no ka laʻana, e haʻalele iā Ireland inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā ʻae.
"Inā he nīnau inā paha mākou i hoʻāʻo e hiki i kahi kuʻikahi me ke aupuni Irish ma ke ʻano o 'kekahi mea no kekahi mea', ʻaʻole i hiki," wahi a Maestri, nāna i pani iā Peter Oppenheimer i CFO i kēia makahiki. Wahi a Maestri, he mea maʻamau ke kūkākūkā me ʻIlani e like me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. "ʻAʻole mākou i ho'āʻo e hūnā i kekahi mea. Inā hoʻololi kekahi ʻāina i kāna mau kānāwai ʻauhau, e hahai mākou i kēlā mau kānāwai hou a uku i nā ʻauhau e like me ia.
He ʻelua kumu hoʻopaʻapaʻa koʻikoʻi ʻo Apple e kūʻē i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana ʻaʻole ia i uku nui i nā ʻauhau e like me ka mea e pono ai. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻohui ʻo Maestri ua hoʻonui ʻia nā ʻauhau ʻoihana ma Ireland mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka iPhone ma 2007.
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Apple i ka manaʻo o ka European Commission e hoʻopili i nā kuhikuhi i ka ʻauhau o nā lālā multinational retroactively, ka mea, e like me ka hui Kaleponi, he alakaʻi hewa a hewa ʻole. Ma ka manawa like, makemake ʻo Apple e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i nā uku i ʻae ʻia me ke aupuni Irish ua lawa a hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā hihia like o nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe.
Eia nō naʻe, inā i manaʻo ka Komisina ʻEulopa ua hoʻopau ʻo Apple i kahi kuʻikahi kūʻokoʻa me ke aupuni Irish, e pilikia ana nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i ka uku ʻana no nā makahiki he 10 i hala o ka hui ʻana i ke kānāwai. ʻO ke kakahiaka nui loa e noʻonoʻo i ka nui, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Maestri, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka uku ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka European Union i hoʻokahi piliona kālā.
ʻO kēlā me kēia hopena o ka hihia, ʻaʻole hele ʻo Apple ma kahi o Ireland. "Ua noho mākou ma Ireland i nā manawa maikaʻi a me nā manawa ʻino. Ua ulu mākou ma ʻaneʻi i nā makahiki a ʻo mākou ka mea hana nui loa ma Cork, "wahi a Maestri, nāna i ʻōlelo ʻo Apple e hoʻolālā e hana me Brussels. "He mea kōkua nui mākou i ka hoʻokele waiwai Irish."
Eia kekahi, aia ʻo Apple, e pili ana i nā mea ʻē aʻe e kākau a hoʻolei i ka lepo āpau?! ʻAe, ʻo Apple kahi hui e makemake e loaʻa ka loaʻa kālā a hana i nā mea āpau a nā mea ʻē aʻe i hana ai, ʻaʻole i kamaʻilio ʻia no kekahi kumu ʻike ʻole ʻia!!
No laila, makemake wau iā ia e holo ka poʻe hoʻohewa a me ka poʻe akamai a i ka hopena e hoʻomaka ka poʻe lili e mālama i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe. Malia paha e nānā pū lākou i nā hui e like me Vertu, Audi, BMW, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia.
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