🇪🇺⚖️ Today is a good day for European citizens, tax justice, and fair competition.
In its final judgment, @Curia has confirmed our 2016 decision that Ireland granted illegal aid to Apple, requiring the release of up to 13 billion euros in unpaid taxes.
The court has also upheld our decision against Google for abusing its dominant position by favouring its own comparison shopping service and the resulting €2.4 billion fine.
ℹ️ https://europa.eu/!Dy3ndR
#EU
The €13 billion bill from Apple goes to Irish taxes, i.e. hospitals, schools, public services etc.
The annual wage bill for the Irish parliament is about €0.02 billion, and that is already covered by existing taxes. They don't get any bonuses if tax incomes go up.
Similar situation for the €2.4 billion from Google, but (I think?) it goes to the EU kitty so it could go on EU infrastructure projects etc.
I'm not sure how EU fine money is distributed, I am guessing it is put into the general budget as this is what most governments do.
Don't be ridiculous, there is a published budget every year:
When I said I am not sure, it's because I have better things to do with my time than browse through financial documents right now.
@FediThing The trolling is strong with that one. So strong, it almost seems like a russian trollfarm persona :)
Anyway, back to kitties... I guess the rich EU kittie might look like this one ;)
European Commission
Frank
FediThing 
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