{
  "id": 2395949,
  "title": "Apple paid Ireland a staggering $17 billion in taxes in 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/apple-paid-ireland-a-staggering-17-billion-in-taxes-in-2025",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:01:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AppleInsider",
    "slug": "appleinsider",
    "url": "https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/21/apple-paid-ireland-a-staggering-17-billion-in-taxes-in-2025"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple's Irish tax arrangements were scrutinized for more than a decade, and has now, finally, culminated in one of the largest corporate tax recoveries ever ordered by the European Union. Apple's facility in Cork, Ireland | Image credit: Apple Apple has been fighting a decade-long battle over how much it owed Ireland in corporate taxes. The company was accused by the European Union of exploiting…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}