OECD official says EU-Apple ruling not precedent for future tax cases

Under scrutiny: EU antitrust regulators last month ordered Apple to pay up to 13bil euros (RM60.1bil) in back taxes to the Irish government.

DUBLIN: A multi-billion euro back tax bill handed to Apple by the European Commission should not be seen as a precedent for future tax cases as it was based on state aid rather than tax law, the OECD official spearheading global tax reform said.

European Union antitrust regulators last month ordered Apple to pay up to 13bil euros (RM60.1bil) in back taxes to the Irish government after ruling that a special scheme to route profits through Ireland constituted illegal state aid.