German econmin backs EU decision to make Apple pay Ireland billions in tax

Reuters

30 August 2016 at 7:29 am

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel arrives for a television interview in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, August 7, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Files

Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday backed a decision by EU antitrust regulators to demand that Apple pay up to 13 billion euros in taxes plus interest to the Irish government. Gabriel said it was important that companies like Apple and Alphabet Inc's Google are made to pay their taxes. EU regulators ruled that a special scheme to route profits through Ireland was illegal state aid. (Reporting by Markus Wacket; Writing by Joseph Nasr; Editing by Michelle Martin)

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