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Activists occupy Paris Apple store over EU tax dispute
Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 2017 12:20 PM
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An iPhone X is seen on a large video screen in the new Apple Visitor Center in Cupertino, California, US November 17, 2017. Elijah Nouvelage, Reuters
PARIS - About a hundred activists occupied an Apple store in the French capital Saturday, demanding that the US technology giant pay billions of euros the EU says it owes in back taxes.
The members from Attac, a group that seeks alternatives to unbridled globalization, invaded the expansive two-level store near the Paris Opera for several hours -- leaving only after they were assured of a meeting with management.
"One hundred Attac activists occupied the Apple store" to demand the company "pay its fair share of taxes in the country in which it really operates," spokeswoman Aurelie Trouve said.
Members standing on the second-level balcony held a banner reading "We will stop when Apple pays", while others held signs that read "Pay your taxes".
"We received a formal commitment from an Apple manager that we would be granted a meeting with national leadership within 15 days," Trouve told AFP.
"If this meeting does not take place, we will come back before Christmas".
The group held about 30 demonstrations across France on Saturday, including at an Apple store in the southern city of Marseille.
Apple France was not immediately available for comment.
In August 2016, European authorities estimated that the company behind the iPhone owed $14.5 billion in back taxes after it negotiated highly favorable tax arrangements with the Irish government.
Revelations last month from the "Paradise Papers" shed light on Apple's tax avoidance strategy, which shifted tens of billion of dollars in profits from one fiscal haven to another.
The report -- from a trove of documents released by the US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) -- said Apple transferred funds to the small island of Jersey, which typically does not tax corporate income and is largely exempt from European Union tax regulations.
Apple has said it follows the law in each country it operates.
Attac also protested against the company last month on the day Apple released its iPhone X globally, dumping a load of freshly picked apples as demonstrators carried signs saying "Apple, pay your taxes" in the southern city of Aix-en-Provence.
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‘Pay your tax!’: Activists target Apple stores across France over EU taxation row (VIDEO)
Published time: 3 Dec, 2017 13:31
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Protest at an Apple store in Paris on December 2, 2017 © Christophe Archambault / AFP
Scores of activists took over an Apple store in Paris Saturday, demanding that the company pays back €13 billion in Irish tax benefits, as ordered by the European Commission. Similar actions took place in over a dozen other cities across France.
Activists stormed into the Apple store in central Paris on Saturday, prompting the staff to close the shop to customers for nearly three hours as the demonstration continued, BFM TV reports.
PARIS - ATTAC entre de force pour occuper de force un Apple Store. pic.twitter.com/7qRBWFFpAO
— Clément Lanot (@ClementLanot) December 2, 2017
Transactions and Citizen’s Action organization (Attac), a group that advocates for social and environmental justice, demanded the US firm pay the fine imposed by the European Commission more than a year ago.
“We will stop when Apple pays,” read a large banner the activists unfurled on the second floor. “Apple must stop denying the tax practices highlighted by the European Commission’s investigation, withdraw its appeal to the European Court of Justice and pay its fine of 13 billion euros as quickly as possible,” the Attac spokesman, Aurelie Trouve, said in a statement.
The group also calls on Apple to “publish its country-by-country reporting now and retroactively over the past few years” to verify the company is paying according to its activities.
Over a dozen French cities, including Marseille, Lyon and Lille, held similar actions, as protests in Paris gathered hundreds of activists, according to Attac.
#LILLE Les militant.e.s d'Attac ont opacifié la vitrine de la boutique @Apple pour dénoncer l'opacité fiscale de la marque. #ApplePayeTesImpotspic.twitter.com/Qt8D7tCnPG
— Attac France (@attac_fr) December 2, 2017
À #Nantes des militants d'@attac_fr et @gignv44 était devant @Apple pour dénoncer l'#EvasionFiscale que cette multinationale pratique
#ApplePayeTesImpots#iPhoneRevolt # pic.twitter.com/9F9LD9BVLX
— ATTAC 44 (@44Attac) December 2, 2017
À #Reims pas d'#AppleStore (et tant mieux) mais des vendeurs agréés : @Fnac#iPhoneRevolt#ApplePayeTesImpots@attac_frpic.twitter.com/YOIhUMeHEq
— Attac 51 (@attac_marne) December 2, 2017
“We received a formal commitment from an Apple manager that we would be granted a meeting with the national leadership within 15 days,” Trouve told AFP. “If this meeting does not take place, we will come back before Christmas.”
The Saturday event was part of the #PhoneRevolt campaign, said to highlight the brand’s practices, such as tax evasion, pollution, worker exploitation, as well as driving excessive consumption, Attac says.
In August last year, the European Commission concluded the Irish government provided the US company with “selective treatment,” enabling Apple to pay “substantially less tax than other businesses.” The tax arrangements there effectively allowed Apple to record its sales in Ireland, rather than in countries where Apple products were actually sold. As a result, Dublin was ordered to recover the multi-billion penalty by January 2017.
READ MORE: Apple ordered to repay record €13bn to cover unpaid EU tax
Initially, both Apple and Ireland appealed the ruling. Last month, however, Ireland promised to recoup the unpaid taxes from Apple. The pledge came after the European authorities warned they were taking the country to the European Court of Justice for being too slow, while Apple continues to “benefit from an illegal advantage.” Attac claims the company managed to store more than €230 billion in tax havens, using its Irish subsidiaries “to relocate two thirds of these global profits, and pay almost no taxes.”
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Activists occupy Paris Apple store over EU tax dispute
AFP News3 December 2017
About a hundred activists occupied a two-level Apple store in the centre of Paris, demanding that the US tech giant pay an EU tax bill of $14.5 billion
About a hundred activists occupied an Apple store in the French capital Saturday, demanding that the US technology giant pay billions of euros the EU says it owes in back taxes.
The members from Attac, a group that seeks alternatives to unbridled globalisation, invaded the expansive two-level store near the Paris Opera for several hours -- leaving only after they were assured of a meeting with management.
"One hundred Attac activists occupied the Apple store" to demand the company "pay its fair share of taxes in the country in which it really operates," spokeswoman Aurelie Trouve said.
Members standing on the second-level balcony held a banner reading "We will stop when Apple pays", while others held signs that read "Pay your taxes".
"We received a formal commitment from an Apple manager that we would be granted a meeting with national leadership within 15 days," Trouve told AFP.
"If this meeting does not take place, we will come back before Christmas".
The group held about 30 demonstrations across France on Saturday, including at an Apple store in the southern city of Marseille.
Apple France was not immediately available for comment.
In August 2016, European authorities estimated that the company behind the iPhone owed $14.5 billion in back taxes after it negotiated highly favourable tax arrangements with the Irish government.
Revelations last month from the "Paradise Papers" shed light on Apple's tax avoidance strategy, which shifted tens of billion of dollars in profits from one fiscal haven to another.
The report -- from a trove of documents released by the US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) -- said Apple transferred funds to the small island of Jersey, which typically does not tax corporate income and is largely exempt from European Union tax regulations.
Apple has said it follows the law in each country it operates.
Attac also protested against the company last month on the day Apple released its iPhone X globally, dumping a load of freshly picked apples as demonstrators carried signs saying "Apple, pay your taxes" in the southern city of Aix-en-Provence.
http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/03/17/activists-occupy-paris-apple-store-over-eu-tax-dispute
Activists occupy Paris Apple store over EU tax dispute
Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 2017 12:20 PM
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An iPhone X is seen on a large video screen in the new Apple Visitor Center in Cupertino, California, US November 17, 2017. Elijah Nouvelage, Reuters
PARIS - About a hundred activists occupied an Apple store in the French capital Saturday, demanding that the US technology giant pay billions of euros the EU says it owes in back taxes.
The members from Attac, a group that seeks alternatives to unbridled globalization, invaded the expansive two-level store near the Paris Opera for several hours -- leaving only after they were assured of a meeting with management.
"One hundred Attac activists occupied the Apple store" to demand the company "pay its fair share of taxes in the country in which it really operates," spokeswoman Aurelie Trouve said.
Members standing on the second-level balcony held a banner reading "We will stop when Apple pays", while others held signs that read "Pay your taxes".
"We received a formal commitment from an Apple manager that we would be granted a meeting with national leadership within 15 days," Trouve told AFP.
"If this meeting does not take place, we will come back before Christmas".
The group held about 30 demonstrations across France on Saturday, including at an Apple store in the southern city of Marseille.
Apple France was not immediately available for comment.
In August 2016, European authorities estimated that the company behind the iPhone owed $14.5 billion in back taxes after it negotiated highly favorable tax arrangements with the Irish government.
Revelations last month from the "Paradise Papers" shed light on Apple's tax avoidance strategy, which shifted tens of billion of dollars in profits from one fiscal haven to another.
The report -- from a trove of documents released by the US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) -- said Apple transferred funds to the small island of Jersey, which typically does not tax corporate income and is largely exempt from European Union tax regulations.
Apple has said it follows the law in each country it operates.
Attac also protested against the company last month on the day Apple released its iPhone X globally, dumping a load of freshly picked apples as demonstrators carried signs saying "Apple, pay your taxes" in the southern city of Aix-en-Provence.
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‘Pay your tax!’: Activists target Apple stores across France over EU taxation row (VIDEO)
Published time: 3 Dec, 2017 13:31
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Protest at an Apple store in Paris on December 2, 2017 © Christophe Archambault / AFP
Scores of activists took over an Apple store in Paris Saturday, demanding that the company pays back €13 billion in Irish tax benefits, as ordered by the European Commission. Similar actions took place in over a dozen other cities across France.
Activists stormed into the Apple store in central Paris on Saturday, prompting the staff to close the shop to customers for nearly three hours as the demonstration continued, BFM TV reports.
PARIS - ATTAC entre de force pour occuper de force un Apple Store. pic.twitter.com/7qRBWFFpAO
— Clément Lanot (@ClementLanot) December 2, 2017
Transactions and Citizen’s Action organization (Attac), a group that advocates for social and environmental justice, demanded the US firm pay the fine imposed by the European Commission more than a year ago.
“We will stop when Apple pays,” read a large banner the activists unfurled on the second floor. “Apple must stop denying the tax practices highlighted by the European Commission’s investigation, withdraw its appeal to the European Court of Justice and pay its fine of 13 billion euros as quickly as possible,” the Attac spokesman, Aurelie Trouve, said in a statement.
The group also calls on Apple to “publish its country-by-country reporting now and retroactively over the past few years” to verify the company is paying according to its activities.
Over a dozen French cities, including Marseille, Lyon and Lille, held similar actions, as protests in Paris gathered hundreds of activists, according to Attac.
#LILLE Les militant.e.s d'Attac ont opacifié la vitrine de la boutique @Apple pour dénoncer l'opacité fiscale de la marque. #ApplePayeTesImpotspic.twitter.com/Qt8D7tCnPG
— Attac France (@attac_fr) December 2, 2017
À #Nantes des militants d'@attac_fr et @gignv44 était devant @Apple pour dénoncer l'#EvasionFiscale que cette multinationale pratique
#ApplePayeTesImpots#iPhoneRevolt # pic.twitter.com/9F9LD9BVLX— ATTAC 44 (@44Attac) December 2, 2017
À #Reims pas d'#AppleStore (et tant mieux) mais des vendeurs agréés : @Fnac#iPhoneRevolt#ApplePayeTesImpots@attac_frpic.twitter.com/YOIhUMeHEq
— Attac 51 (@attac_marne) December 2, 2017
“We received a formal commitment from an Apple manager that we would be granted a meeting with the national leadership within 15 days,” Trouve told AFP. “If this meeting does not take place, we will come back before Christmas.”
The Saturday event was part of the #PhoneRevolt campaign, said to highlight the brand’s practices, such as tax evasion, pollution, worker exploitation, as well as driving excessive consumption, Attac says.
In August last year, the European Commission concluded the Irish government provided the US company with “selective treatment,” enabling Apple to pay “substantially less tax than other businesses.” The tax arrangements there effectively allowed Apple to record its sales in Ireland, rather than in countries where Apple products were actually sold. As a result, Dublin was ordered to recover the multi-billion penalty by January 2017.
READ MORE: Apple ordered to repay record €13bn to cover unpaid EU tax
Initially, both Apple and Ireland appealed the ruling. Last month, however, Ireland promised to recoup the unpaid taxes from Apple. The pledge came after the European authorities warned they were taking the country to the European Court of Justice for being too slow, while Apple continues to “benefit from an illegal advantage.” Attac claims the company managed to store more than €230 billion in tax havens, using its Irish subsidiaries “to relocate two thirds of these global profits, and pay almost no taxes.”
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/activists-occupy-paris-apple-store-over-eu-tax-173250051.html
Activists occupy Paris Apple store over EU tax dispute
AFP News3 December 2017
About a hundred activists occupied a two-level Apple store in the centre of Paris, demanding that the US tech giant pay an EU tax bill of $14.5 billion
About a hundred activists occupied an Apple store in the French capital Saturday, demanding that the US technology giant pay billions of euros the EU says it owes in back taxes.
The members from Attac, a group that seeks alternatives to unbridled globalisation, invaded the expansive two-level store near the Paris Opera for several hours -- leaving only after they were assured of a meeting with management.
"One hundred Attac activists occupied the Apple store" to demand the company "pay its fair share of taxes in the country in which it really operates," spokeswoman Aurelie Trouve said.
Members standing on the second-level balcony held a banner reading "We will stop when Apple pays", while others held signs that read "Pay your taxes".
"We received a formal commitment from an Apple manager that we would be granted a meeting with national leadership within 15 days," Trouve told AFP.
"If this meeting does not take place, we will come back before Christmas".
The group held about 30 demonstrations across France on Saturday, including at an Apple store in the southern city of Marseille.
Apple France was not immediately available for comment.
In August 2016, European authorities estimated that the company behind the iPhone owed $14.5 billion in back taxes after it negotiated highly favourable tax arrangements with the Irish government.
Revelations last month from the "Paradise Papers" shed light on Apple's tax avoidance strategy, which shifted tens of billion of dollars in profits from one fiscal haven to another.
The report -- from a trove of documents released by the US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) -- said Apple transferred funds to the small island of Jersey, which typically does not tax corporate income and is largely exempt from European Union tax regulations.
Apple has said it follows the law in each country it operates.
Attac also protested against the company last month on the day Apple released its iPhone X globally, dumping a load of freshly picked apples as demonstrators carried signs saying "Apple, pay your taxes" in the southern city of Aix-en-Provence.
