Jaromir Miko Apple CEO Tim Cook posachedwa awonjezera mphotho ina ku akaunti yake, nthawi ino kuchokera kwa Prime Minister waku Ireland Leo Varadka. Malinga ndi bungwe loyang'anira chuma m'boma la IDA ku Ireland, nduna yayikulu ipatsa a Tim Cook mphotho pa Januware 20 chifukwa kampaniyo yakhala ikugulitsa kumidzi kwa zaka 40 ndipo kwa nthawi yayitali yakhala m'gulu la olemba ntchito akuluakulu mdzikolo.
Komabe, chisankhocho chidakopa chidwi osati chifukwa Apple yakhala ikugulitsa pano kwazaka makumi angapo pakupanga zomangamanga ku Europe, koma makamaka chifukwa cha mikangano yomwe yatsagana ndi ubale pakati pa Apple ndi Ireland m'zaka zaposachedwa. Zowonadi, Ireland idapatsa Apple misonkho yayikulu komanso zopindulitsa, zomwe European Commission idachita chidwi nayo. Atafufuza, idapatsa kampani yaku California chindapusa cha ma euro 13 biliyoni chifukwa chozemba msonkho.
Apple yasiyanso posachedwapa mapulani ake omanga malo opangira data kumadzulo kwa Ireland. Iye adati mavuto omwe amabwera chifukwa chokonzekera ndondomekoyi ndi chifukwa choyimitsa ndalama zokwana madola mabiliyoni ambiri. Ireland ikukumananso ndi zisankho zanyumba yamalamulo m'miyezi ikubwerayi, kotero ena akuwona chisankho chopatsa a Tim Cook ngati njira yotsatsira ndi Prime Minister yemwe akutsutsa.
Patsiku lomwelo, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Alphabet Sundar Photosi adzapitanso ku Ulaya kuti apereke masomphenya a kampani pakupanga nzeru zopangira nzeru pamaso pa gulu loganiza bwino la Bruegel ku Brussels. Purezidenti wa Microsoft Brad Smith adzapitanso ku Brussels kuti apereke buku lake latsopano Zida ndi Zida: Lonjezo ndi Zowopsa za M'badwo Wamakono (Zida ndi Zida: Chiyembekezo ndi Zowopsa mu M'badwo Wamakono).
Zochitika zonsezi zisanachitike msonkhano wa European Commission pa mapulani othandizira chitukuko chanzeru zanzeru.
Chitsime: Bloomberg
