I-European Commission ayilahlekelwa yithemba lokuphoqa i-Apple ukuthi ikhokhe inani, ngisho nakubantu abanjalo bayabonakala - cishe ama- $ 16 billion. Kulokhu wadlulisela icala lesinqumo senkantolo, ngakho-ke i-apula lavunyelwanga ukuthi likhokhe noma yiliphi le mali. Le nkampani yalungisiselelwa ngokuphelele, ngokwe-European Commission, inabo bonke ubufakazi bokuthi i-apula lalibumbene neziphathimandla zase-Ireland, elinikeze ikhefu lakhe lentela elikhangayo. Ngabe i-Apple isacindezelwa odongeni?
Inkantolo ngokumelene ne-apula
I-EU ithi i-Apple ifinyelele esivumelwaneni esingekho emthethweni noHulumeni wase-Ireland, owenze ukuthi asindise (ngaphansi kwezigidigidi ezingama- $ 15,8 ezintela. AKUFUNI isaphulelo esibi, vuma. I-Apple yakwazi kanjani ukukwenza? Le nkampani yathumela imali engenayo kuyo yonke imali ethengiswayo kulo lonke elaseYurophu ngendlunkulu yayo yaseYurophu e-Ireland. I-Apple kungenzeka ukuthi ayikho izekele kule ndawo, ngoba ezweni ngaleso sikhathi kube nezinga eliphansi kakhulu lentela yenhlangano uma kuqhathaniswa namanye amazwe e-EU - 12,5% kuphela. Futhi uhulumeni wase-Ireland ngokwengeziwe "izimo" ezishubile "ngezivumelwano ezikhethekile ezivumela i-apula ukuthi likhokhe ngisho nangaphansi.Ngo-2016, i-EU yabona lezi zivumelwano ezingekho emthethweni. Kwatholakala ukuthi kwakunguhulumeni wase-Ireland, futhi hhayi i-Apple yephule umthetho, kepha njengoba i-Apple ibamba iqhaza kwinkontileka, lokhu kusho ukuthi i-apula liphoqelekile ukuthi likhokhe intela engakhokhiswa yintela engekholwanga nguHulumeni wase-Ireland.
Lapho u-Apple nohulumeni base-Ireland bafaka isikhalazo, kwanqunywa ukuthi i-apula izokwenza inani eliphelele (cishe ama- $ 16 billion) kwi-akhawunti ekhethekile, lapho luzogcinwa ngaphambi kokuqulwa kwecala. Futhi ngo-2020 inkampani yanqoba inkantolo yokuqala kulokhu. Inkantolo yathi iKhomishini YaseYurophu ayinikezanga ubufakazi obanele bokuthi i-Apple yathola inzuzo yezomnotho yalezivumelwano. Kepha i-EU ayizange ishiye i-apula yedwa futhi ngasekupheleni kuka-2020 kwafaka isikhalazo.
Sinikeza ukubhalisela isiteshi sethu ku-yandex.dzen ukugcina ujwayele izindaba ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni we-apula.
I-Apple izokhokha inhlawulo enkantolo?
Ekudluliselwe kuso, iKhomishini YaseYurophu yathi inkantolo isebenzise "izimpikiswano ezingqubuzanayo" lapho ekhipha ukuthi amayunithi ama-apula ase-Ireland awanacala kwintela engezelwe. Ummangali uthi unobufakazi obungenakuphikwa bokuthi i-apula ayinabo abasebenzi ngamayunithi amabili ase-Ireland, futhi la mabhizinisi abe yizinhlangano ezimbili: cishe yonke inzuzo eshiwo yilezi zinkampani ezimbili ithunyelwe kuma-akhawunti ehhovisi lekhanda njengoba kwenzeka ephepheni kuphela.
Manje i-apula izokwenza konke kukhokhele? Kakhulu kungenzeka. Noma ngabe i-Apple idale inkampani "eqanjiwe" yamazwe omhlaba jikelele eYurophu kanye ne-Apple Operations Europe), i-European Commission isadinga ukufakazela ukuthi isivumelwano phakathi kwe-Apple nohulumeni wase-Ireland 'behlukile.' Umthetho waleli lizwe awukwenqabeli ukudalwa kwezinkampani futhi angalawuli imisebenzi yabo uma bengaphuli umthetho. Kepha kusukela lapho kubukwa umthetho we-Apple Law, konke kwenze kwaba ngcono: wasebenzisa inkampani emibili yase-Ireland neyodwa yamaDashi ukwenza imali engenayo. Ngenxa yobungqayizivele bomthetho wentela walawa mazwe ashiwo ngenhla, izinkokhelo phakathi kwazo azikho ngaphansi kwezintela. Futhi kusemthethweni.
I-Apple ihlala inamathela emgqeni wokuthi ilandela imithetho yamazwe ngamunye asebenza kuwo, kodwa ngokuzivocavoca ngokuhlukumezeka maqondana nentela. Le nkampani yayivame ukusebenzisa izindlela ezibanzi ezisemthethweni, kepha ngasikhathi sinye zibhekwa njengezinto eziphikisayo, ezihlinzeka ngesimo sengqondo esilinganayo kulezi zinkampani. Izinkampani ezinkulu kakhulu zeTransnational, ezinjenge-Apple, zingasebenzisa la maqhinga wentela wentela. Lolu hlelo luyaziwa phakathi kwabaxhasi njenge "whisky ephindwe kabili ye-Ireland nge-Dutch Sandwich" (I-Double Dutch Sandwich).