EU decision on Apple corporate tax deal delayed

The decision on whether Ireland granted illegal state aid to Apple and should receive many millions of euro back from the US multinational will not now be made next month, European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said.

Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes was critical of the delay but the former Danish economy minister said getting information from the four member states on the five cases open was “challenging and time consuming”.

She told independent MEP Marian Harkin that what was needed was a common corporate tax base where companies across Europe fill in just one return.