EU court orders Apple to pay $14.4 billion in back taxes to Ireland

Apple must pay $14.4 billion in back taxes to the Irish government after the European Union’s top court rejected the iPhone maker’s appeal of a landmark 2016 ruling — which CEO Tim Cook denounced at the time as “total political crap.”The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Tuesday upheld the decision by the European Commission that Ireland broke state-aid law by giving Apple an unfair advantage.“We are disappointed with today’s decision as previously the general court reviewed the facts and categoric ...