Thomas Chlebek Od ro 2013 potso ea hore na Apple le lik'hamphani tse ling tse ngata li ntse li rarolloa ho US Congress ha e qobe tefo mashome a libilione tsa liranta ka lekhetho. Ho tloha ro 2014 Khomishene ya Yuropa le yona e kenelletse ka mafolofolo ho sena.
Lekhetlo la ho qetela ha molaetsa o amanang le bothata bona o hlaha ka Pherekhong ena, ha Apple e ne e tšosoa ka ho lefa liranta tse fetang limilione tse likete tse robeli ka lebaka la tšebeliso ea thuso ea mmuso e seng molaong Ireland. Hore na hoo ho ne ho tla etsahala ho ne ho tla tsejoa ka March. Chelete ea Apple hajoale e ntse e hlahlojoa ke European Union, 'me Apple e ile ea bolella baetsi ba molao ba Europe maobane hore e lefile makhetho ohle a eona Ireland le hore e ne e sa ratehe ho feta lik'hamphani tse ling tabeng ena.
Motlatsi oa mopresidente oa Apple oa ts'ebetso ea Europe Cork, Ireland, Cathy Kearney, o ile a etsa phatlalatso, a phaella ka hore ho sa tsotellehe liphello tsa lipatlisiso tse ntseng li tsoela pele, Apple e ntse e "ikemiselitse Ireland." “Re lumela hore re lefile sente e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe ea lekhetho le neng le lefshoa Ireland. Ho rona ha ho bonahale eka lithuso tsa naha li na le seabo mona, 'me ke nahana hore qetellong re lebelle sephetho se joalo se tla re lokafatsa. Ke nahana hore mmuso oa Ireland o lumellana le maikutlo ao, "Kearney o boletse Brussels.
Patlisiso e ntseng e tsoela pele ho Apple ke karolo ea morero o moholo oa Khomishene ea Europe ea ho tsepamisa maikutlo ho litlolo tse ka bang teng le ho kheloha melao ha ho hlahlojoa le ho lefa lekhetho. Sephetho sa hae sa morao-rao ke taelo ea hore Netherlands le Luxembourg li bokelle lekhetho la li-euro tse limilione tse mashome a mararo ho tloha Starbucks le Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, 'me lik'hamphani tsa McDonald's, Aplhabet ('mè oa Google) le Inter Ikea le tsona li ntse li hlahlojoa. Kaofela ba lumellana hore ha baa fuoa monyetla oa lekhetho ha ba bapisoa le lik'hamphani tse ling tsa machaba.
