iPhone-Konzern: Apple beziffert Steuerzahlungen in Deutschland und Europa

Apple, the international tech giant, has disclosed for the first time under new European Union transparency regulations how much profit and taxes it has booked in individual member states. According to a recently published tax report for the completed fiscal year ending in late September 2025, Apple paid income taxes amounting to 153.5 million dollars (131.2 million euros) in Germany, on a pre-tax profit of around 209 million dollars (178 million euros).

The total sales of Apple's German subsidiaries amounted to 2.72 billion dollars (2.33 billion euros) according to the report. The company employed 4,089 employees in Germany, including more than 2,000 engineers at its largest development site in Europe - the "European Silicon Design Center" in Munich.

However, the EU general balance highlights Ireland as a significant outlier: Apple actually paid 17.08 billion dollars (14.6 billion euros) in taxes for the year. The company explicitly attributes this massive sum to the dissolution of the revolving trust account following the EU Commission's aid decision and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling.

Apple lost a legal battle with the EU Commission in September 2024, involving years of tax concessions granted in Ireland. The EU Commission deemed this practice as anti-competitive and demanded Apple to pay a total of 13 billion dollars (11.2 billion euros) in taxes plus interest.

The report highlights that Apple continues to be among the world's largest taxpayers and is proud of its contributions to the countries and societies where it operates. Apple stated that corporate taxes are determined under international standards where significant development and corporate risks are managed - primarily in the USA and at its European hub in Cork, Ireland, which serves over 120 countries.

Large multinational corporations with annual revenue above 750 million euros are required by a EU directive (Public CbCR) to publicly disclose their profit tax information broken down by country. Until now, this information was only confidentially shared with financial authorities.