Apple set for September showdown with EU over record tax bill

The EU’s General Court, its second-highest tribunal, will hear arguments in the challenges by the iPhone maker and Ireland over two days set for Sept 17-18. — AFP

Apple Inc’s €13bil (RM60.22bil) battle with the European Union reaches the bloc’s courts next month in a hearing set to throw the spotlight on antitrust commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s crackdown on tax deals doled out to big companies.

The EU’s General Court, its second-highest tribunal, will hear arguments in the challenges by the iPhone maker and Ireland over two days set for Sept 17-18. The US last year lost a bid to intervene in the case in support of Apple.