Although Apple is a company loved all over the world and has a very large number of fans, the mayor of the city of Cupertino, where its headquarters are located, is not among them and wants to get more money annually from the American company.
Even though in 2013 Apple paid taxes worth 9.2 million dollars, which then represented 18% of the budget of the city of Cupertino, mayor Barry Chang wants Apple to pay more money as taxes thanks to the growing profit made by the company.
Trying to talk to the people from Apple about the problem of traffic congestion in the city of Cupertino, the mayor visited the headquarters in Cupertino, but he was surrounded by Apple's security teams and was escorted out of the premises, something that has never happened before .
Barry Chang wanted to ask those from Apple to contribute to the improvement of the infrastructure of the city of Cupertino, but it seems that Tim Cook's subordinates were not so willing to sit through this kind of discussion with the mayor of the city.
Apple is not willing to pay a dime. They're making profit, and they should share the responsibility for our city, but they won't. They abuse us. Apple paid $ 9.2m in tax revenue to Cupertino in 2012 to 2013, which was about 18% of the city's general fund budget, according to an economic impact report. Coincidentally that was also exactly the same amount CEO Tim Cook was paid in 2014.
Considering that Mayor Barry Chang wanted to force Apple through a local council decision to contribute $100 million from Apple to improve the infrastructure, it is easy to understand why he was not received with much joy in the Apple headquarters.
Moreover, the mayor of Cupertino accused Apple of influencing some members of the local council not to give him positive votes for his initiative, but it is a long way from the accusation to proving that this happened.
For the time being, those from Apple have not commented on this situation, but they will probably do so in the next period.
