雙語新聞：蘋果又中槍！或遭歐盟罰數(shù)十億歐元

雙語新聞：蘋果又中槍！或遭歐盟罰數(shù)十億歐元

據(jù)《金融時報》和《華爾街日報》報道，蘋果將被指控在過去20多年里一直獲利于其與愛爾蘭政府達(dá)成的非法稅務(wù)協(xié)議。歐盟對蘋果公司在愛爾蘭避稅行為的調(diào)查本周即將出結(jié)果，蘋果很可能因此而被罰款數(shù)十億歐元。

Apple will be accused of prospering from illegal tax deals with the Irish government for more than two decades when Brussels this week unveils details of a probe that could leave the iPhone maker with a record fine of as much as several billions of euros.

蘋果(Apple)將被指在20多年里獲利于其與愛爾蘭政府達(dá)成的非法稅務(wù)安排。本周歐盟(EU)將公布相關(guān)調(diào)查結(jié)果，這可能意味著iPhone制造商將接到高達(dá)數(shù)十億歐元的創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄罰單。

Preliminary findings from the European Commission’s investigation into Apple’s tax affairs in Ireland, where it has had a rate of less than 2 per cent, claim the Silicon Valley company benefited from illicit state aid after striking backroom deals with Ireland’s authorities, according to people involved in the case. Apple, which has operated in Ireland since 1980, maintains that its agreements with Ireland did not break any laws. “There’s never been any special deal, there’s never been anything that would be construed as state aid,” Luca Maestri, Apple’s chief financial officer, told the Financial Times.

知情人士表示，歐盟委員會(European Commission)對蘋果在愛爾蘭稅務(wù)安排的調(diào)查將得出初步結(jié)論，指稱這家硅谷企業(yè)在與愛爾蘭當(dāng)局達(dá)成黑箱交易后，多年享受低于2%的稅率，獲利于非法政府補(bǔ)貼。自1980年起就在愛爾蘭開展業(yè)務(wù)的蘋果堅稱，其與愛爾蘭達(dá)成的協(xié)議并不違法。“從來沒有什么特殊交易，從來沒有任何可被視為政府補(bǔ)貼的東西，”蘋果首席財務(wù)官盧卡•馬埃斯特里(Luca Maestri)對英國《金融時報》表示。

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The attack on the tax practices of the world’s richest company follows last year’s US Senate hearings, where it emerged that Apple shifted billions of dollars in profits out of the US to international subsidiaries with no declared tax residency. Based on its concerns, the commission has decided to open an in-depth investigation of arrangements between Apple and the Irish authorities dating back to 1991. It is part of a wider crackdown on what Joaquín Almunia, the EU’s competition commissioner, has called “aggressive” tax avoidance.

歐盟對世界上財力最雄厚的企業(yè)的稅務(wù)實(shí)踐發(fā)起攻擊之前，去年美國參議院曾舉行聽證會，發(fā)現(xiàn)蘋果將巨額利潤從美國轉(zhuǎn)移至海外子公司，而且沒有申報后者的稅務(wù)居住地(tax residency)。出于關(guān)切，歐盟委員會決定對蘋果與愛爾蘭政府從1991年起達(dá)成的稅務(wù)安排展開深入調(diào)查。此舉是對歐盟競爭事務(wù)專員華金•阿爾穆尼亞(Joaquín Almunia)所稱的“激進(jìn)”避稅展開的全面打擊的一部分。

Brussels is also investigating similar deals between Starbucks and the Dutch government, and Fiat Finance and Trade, the financial arm of the automotive group, with Luxembourg.

歐盟還在調(diào)查星巴克(Starbucks)與荷蘭政府、以及跨國車企菲亞特(Fiat)旗下菲亞特金融及貿(mào)易公司(Fiat Finance and Trade)與盧森堡政府達(dá)成的類似安排。

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