Al Jazeera - Has Ireland given illegal tax incentives to Apple?

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/08/ireland-illegal-tax-incentives-apple-160831193813855.html

In the biggest tax demand ever imposed by the European Union, the Irish government has been ordered to recover almost $15bn of unpaid taxes from Apple. The headquarters are situated in California with the European headquarters is in Ireland. Apple only pays 12m tax a year which is miniscule compared to what they are worth and how much they make.  

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