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Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said greater tax transparency was needed to help tackle corporate tax avoidance (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service Photo: Georges Boulougouris)

EU rejects Apple chief's political bias jibe

The EU's most powerful business regulator has dismissed accusations of political bias from Apple chief Tim Cook.

In an interview with the Irish Independent, Cook described the EU decision that Apple must pay €13bn in back taxes as "total political crap".

“They just picked a number from I don’t know where. In the year that the...

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Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said greater tax transparency was needed to help tackle corporate tax avoidance (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service Photo: Georges Boulougouris)

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