Ireland's Parliament Supports Appeal of EU Apple Tax Ruling

Ireland's government won strong backing from parliament for its appeal against a 13-billion-euro back tax bill the European Commission ordered it to collect from Apple, following 12 hours of debate. Ireland's fragile coalition overcame initial misgivings from independent members of cabinet to join Apple in fighting the ruling that Ireland granted state aid to the company through undue and selective tax benefit.

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