IRELAND: Apple Must Pay $14.4 Billion to Ireland in Crackdown on ‘Sweetheart Deals’

Apple has been ordered to pay €13 billion ($14.4 billion) of back taxes to the Irish state, in a court ruling that ended a decade-long fight between Europe and the big tech company.

In a judgment handed down on Tuesday, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) agreed with a European Commission ruling in 2016, which found that for a period of more than 20 years Apple enjoyed illegal tax advantages that constituted state aid from the Irish government.

11 March 2024

AFRICA: South Africa struggles to get off the FATF grey list

How is it that Africa’s most sophisticated, if not always largest, economy is still battling to get off the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list because of its failures to combat money

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9 February 2024

AFRICA: Nigeria plans new tax amnesty scheme for the wealthy

Nigeria will go after wealthy citizens evading tax yet again in a new amnesty scheme that will correct the failings of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). “There’s a plan

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6 December 2024

US: Treasury finalizes tax credit rules to aid renewables

The Treasury Department finalized rules for a major clean energy tax cut Wednesday. The credit, extended by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, is a potential boon for offshore wind, geothermal, energy

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30 May 2024

LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg draft law published 23 May 2024 contains a series of tax measures and clarifications

Main takeaways: On 23 May 2024, the Minister of Finance submitted a draft law No. 8388 with the Luxembourg Parliament (the “Draft Law”) proposing several new tax measures, mainly: Amendment and

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