EU Officials Call for New Review of Apple Tax Case

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Next up, there is an update on a case involving Apple in the European Union. What's going on over there? Yes, you're right. So this case over in Europe involves whether Apple paid the appropriate amount of taxes to the Irish government. A European Union tribunal previously ruled in favor of Apple in the $14 billion tax case that Eu antitrust regulators brought against Apple. But now a top European court adviser says the tribunal made legal errors in its ruling and called on the tribunal to review the case again. It's a potential setback for Apple which regulators accuse of enjoying an unfair advantage under Irish tax rulings by paying less than they were supposed to. The Irish government. However, maintains that Apple did pay the correct amount of taxes and a new ruling on the case is expected in the coming months.