{
  "id": 2382830,
  "title": "Apple Paid $17 Billion in Taxes to Ireland Last Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/apple-paid-17-billion-in-taxes-to-ireland-last-year",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T13:46:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacRumors",
    "slug": "macrumors",
    "url": "https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/21/apple-paid-17-billion-in-taxes-to-ireland/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple paid $17 billion in taxes to Ireland last year, which is 40% of its $43 billion worldwide total (via the Financial Times ). The figures were disclosed for the first time under new EU rules requiring large companies to break down their finances by country. The payment was significantly boosted by the EU's top court ordering Apple in 2024 to pay €13 billion in back taxes, after ruling that…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}