Sep 12, 2024 17:00:00

What is the amount of the '13 billion euros (about 2 trillion yen)' tax that Apple received?

In 2016, the European Commission (EC), the policy enforcement body of the European Union (EU),

ordered Apple to pay 13 billion euros (about 2 trillion yen) in back taxes, claiming that it was unfair for the company to have used Ireland's tax incentives for more than 20 years. Apple and Ireland protested this, but in September 2024, the European Court of Justice ruled in favor of the EC's decision to require Apple to pay 13 billion euros in back taxes. A website has been published that summarizes just how huge this '13 billion euros' is.

How much is 13 billion euros?
https://howmuchis13billioneuros.com/

In the case of Ireland, whose total population is 5.127 million as of 2022, it is possible to distribute 2.8 tablets, each costing 900 euros (about 141,000 yen), to each citizen. For elementary school students, it seems that 25.9 tablets can be distributed per person. The 11-inch iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular 128GB model is sold in Ireland for 899 euros (124,800 yen including tax in Japan).

If the gift vouchers are worth 2,000 euros (approximately 314,000 yen), it would be possible to distribute 1.3 vouchers to each citizen.

Oasis ' live tickets cost 347 euros (about 54,500 yen) each, so 7.3 tickets can be distributed to each citizen of Ireland. If Oasis were to sell 13 billion euros worth of 347 euro live tickets, they would have to hold 455 live shows at Croke Park, which has a capacity of 82,300 people.

For a 336,000 euro (approximately 52.8 million yen) bicycle parking lot , 38,690 units can be installed. In addition, this bicycle parking lot can park 18 bicycles per unit, so it will be possible to park 696,429 bicycles.

The Irish National Children's Hospital cost 2.2 billion euros to build, so with 13 billion euros it would be possible to build 5.8 of them.

Ireland has introduced

special support staff in schools to help students with significant care needs, and with an average annual salary of €34,472, €13 billion would be enough to cover the salary of 377,118 special support staff for the year.

You could build 43,333 houses for 300,000 euros each. The average occupancy for a 300,000 euro house is 2.74 people, so you could house 2.3% of the population.

Ireland's total public spending in 2023 is expected to be 102.5 billion euros (approximately 16 trillion yen), of which 13 billion euros represents 12.7%.