Tim Cook continues his string of attacks against the European Commission, and in an Irish newspaper he declared that the accusations of tax evasion are just political nonsense and nothing more. Tim Cook told the Irish newspaper that Apple has had a very close collaboration with Ireland for some time and that the company's expansion intentions will not be blocked because of this scandal.
Tim Cook claims that the European authorities are "dealing" with Ireland incorrectly and that Apple must fight with the Irish government against the European Commission to prove its innocence. Cook is of the opinion that no one has done anything wrong in all these years and that the entire investigation is a political nonsense of the European authorities.
Tim Cook declares that the amount of 13 billion dollars is invented by the Apple company, it is not real because Apple paid much higher taxes than those presented. More precisely, in the year when the European Commission said that Tim Cook paid taxes of only 0.005% of the profit, i.e. 50 million euros, in reality Apple paid 8 times more money, i.e. 400 million euros.
Apple's president says that the European Commission's accusations have no legal or factual basis, so everything is only political and not legislative. Although he recognizes that this would be an attempt by the EU to establish the same fiscal policy throughout Europe, Tim Cook states that the approach is not one of the best.
"No one did anything wrong and we must be united, Ireland is being attacked unfairly and it is unacceptable. It is political nonsense. THEY chose a number from I don't know where. In the year when the Commission said we paid 0.005% profit tax, we actually paid 400 million dollars. My conclusion is that the decision of the European Commission has no legal or factual basis, and this suggests that everything is political."
In the end, Tim Cook also says that the European Commission is actually trying to steal the taxes that the US should pay, and here he is basically calling for the help of the American authorities. The problem is that the profit that Apple sent to the phantom headquarters will not be charged somewhere, it will remain in the company's accounts, so Tim Cook is not really telling the truth.
The reality is that Apple does not want to pay taxes, as no one else does, and this is as obvious as possible, including from the statements of the company's president.
