Ikhomishini yaseYurophu ayilahleki ithemba lokunyanzela i-Apple ukuba ihlawule isixa, nto leyo nokuba iphawuli lelo phawu liphawuleka - phantse i- $ 16 yezigidigidi. Ngeli xesha wabhena isibheno kwisigqibo seNkundla, ngokutsho kwe-Apple evunyelweyo ukuba ingabhatali naliphi na le mali. Inkampani yayinesizathu esipheleleyo, nangona kunjalo, ngokobungqina bokuba i-Apple yayikukubaleka kwabasemagunyeni eIreland, eyayinika ikhefu lakhe lerhafu. Ngaba i-Apple igcinwe eludongeni?
Inkundla nxamnye neapile
I-EU ibanga ukuba i-Apple ifikelele kwisivumelwano esingekho mthethweni noRhulumente waseIreland, owenza ukuba asindise (intlawulo) $ 15.8 yezigidigidi kwirhafu. Hayi isaphulelo esibi, siyavuma. Kwenzeka njani ukuba i-Apple? Inkampani ithumele ingeniso evela kuyo yonke intengiso yayo kwi-European kwikomkhulu le-European kwi-Ireland. I-Apple mhlawumbi ayikho ilize le nto, kuba elizweni ngelo xesha kwakukho inani eliphantsi kakhulu lerhafu yeshishini xa kuthelekiswa nakwamanye amazwe e-EU - i-12.5% kuphela. URhulumente weIreland ukongeza "ukutshayela" iimeko ezikhethekileyo ezivumela i-Apple ukuba ihlawule kancinci.Ngo-2016, i-EU yaziqonda ezi zivumelwano. Kwafunyaniswa ukuba yayingurhulumente waseIreland, kwaye ayizange inyhashe i-Apple umthetho, kodwa ekubeni i-Apple ithathe inxaxheba kwimvumelwano, oku kuthetha ukuba inyanzelekile ukuba ihlawulwe irhafu ebingabi ngurhulumente waseIreland.
Xa i-Apple kunye norhulumente waseIreland wafaka isibheno, kwagqitywa kwelokuba i-Apple iya kwenza imali epheleleyo (phantse i-16 yezigidigidi) kwiakhawunti ekhethekileyo, apho iya kugcinwa ngaphambi kokuqhubeka kwetyala. Kwaye kwi-2020 inkampani iphumelele inkundla yokuqala kule meko. Inkundla yatsho ukuba iKhomishini yaseYurophu ayizange inike ubungqina obukhawulezileyo bokuba i-Apple ifumene inzuzo yoqoqosho kwezi zivumelwano. Kodwa i-EU ayishiyanga i-apile yedwa kwaye ekupheleni kuka-2020 yafaka isibheno.
Sinikezela ukubhalisela ijelo lethu kwiYandex.dzen ukugcina ulwazelelo kwezona ndaba zibalulekileyo kwihlabathi le-Apple.
I-Apple iya kuhlawula intlawulo enkundleni?
Kwikomishini yalo, iKomishini yaseYurophu yatsho ukuba inkundla isebenzisa "iingxoxo eziphikisanayo" xa wayelawula ukuba iiyunithi ze-Iriland azinaxanduva kwirhafu engabhengezwanga. Ummangali ubanga ukuba unobungqina obungenakuthelekiswa nanto ukuba i-Apple ibingenabasebenzi kwiiyunithi ezimbini ze-Irish, kwaye la mashishini ayeyimibutho echanekileyo: phantse yonke imveliso ibanga kwiakhawunti yeofisi yentloko ekhoyo njengoko iguqukile kuphela ephepheni.
Ngoku iapile iya kwenza yonke into ihlawule? Ubukhulu becala hayi. Nokuba i-Apple yenze inkampani "ye-ficture" (i-Apple International), iKomishini yaseYurophu isafuneka iqonde ukuba i-Apple kunye noRhulumente waseIreland "wayehlukile." Umthetho weli lizwe akayivumeli ukudalwa kweenkampani kwaye ayilawuli ngemisebenzi yabo ukuba ayiphumi umthetho. Kodwa ukusuka kwinqanaba lokujonga umthetho we-Apple, yonke into eyenziweyo ibuchule: Usebenzise iNkampani yesibini ye-Irish kunye neNkampani yeDatshi iKhutshelwe umvuzo wazo. Ngenxa yeendawo ezinamaphepha omthetho werhafu wala mazwe akhankanywe apha ngasentla, iintlawulo eziphakathi kwabo azixhomekeki kwirhafu. Kwaye isemthethweni.
I-Apple ihlala inamathele kumgca ukuba ilandela imithetho yelizwe ngalinye apho isebenza khona, kodwa yayingumba onoburharha ngokubhekisele kwirhafu. Inkampani ibisoloko isebenzisa amanyathelo anemithetho, kodwa kwangaxeshanye athathwa njengomthetho ophikisayo, obonelela ngesimo sengqondo esilinganayo kuzo zonke iinkampani. Iinkampani ezinkulu kakhulu ze-transnicle, ezinjengeapile, zinokufaka ezi qhinga lerhafu yerhafu. Esi sikimu saziwa phakathi kwemali ethengiswayo njenge "i-wiskey ephindwe kabini kwi-Dandwich i-swich" (i-Deter Down Dandwich).