A group of global activists stormed and occupied several Apple stores in France on Saturday in a move aimed at pressuring the company to pay up on a $15.5 billion tax bill to the European Union. They claim that Apple’s “tax optimization methods have allowed it to accumulate more than $230 billion in tax havens.”



“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,” said Aurelie Trouve, spokesman for Attac, according to the release. Trouve added that to verify that Apple is paying correct taxes, the company must “publish its country-by-country reporting now and retroactively over the past few years. “

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