EU plans to drop legal action against Ireland after Apple paid $15.3 billion in back taxes.
EU antitrust regulators plan to drop legal action against Ireland after iPhone maker
**Apple** paid 13.1 billion euros ($15.3 billion) in back taxes following a regulatory order two years ago, the European Commission said on Tuesday. [caption id=“attachment_4483735” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]![Apple logo. Image: Facebook]()
Apple logo. Image: Facebook[/caption] European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager sued Ireland last year for failing to recover the record amount. “In light of the full payment by Apple of the illegal State aid it had received from Ireland, Commissioner Vestager will be proposing to the College of Commissioners the withdrawal of this court action,” Commission spokesman Ricardo Cardoso said in an email.
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