An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
BRUSSELS: The United States is furious at the European Union for handing Apple Inc a US$14.5bil (RM59.17bil) tax demand on Aug 30 but EU officials say it was Washington which put them on to the scheme in the first place.
It was a US Senate report in May 2013 revealing the tech giant's deal with the Irish government to rule a big slice of its global earnings untaxable that prompted the European Commission to launch its own inquiries the following month.
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