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Margrethe Vestager

Wednesday 21st of January 2026

 
Taxes If my tax bill was 0.05 percent falling to 0.005 per cent, I would think I need to take a second look at my tax bill. Margrethe Vestager, European Union competition commissioner, ordering the Irish government to recover €13 billion ($14.5 billion), plus interest, from Apple, Inc., for allowing it to pay virtually no tax on profits from sales in Europe and other markets for 25 years by allocating them to a “stateless”-for-tax-purposes “head office” located in Ireland that had no employees, no premises and existed only on paper © 2016 Kwiple.com