Apple

Apple is being forced to repay billions in taxes to Ireland. Demand an investigation into Apple's tax dodging in the U.S.

Dear MoveOn member,

The European Commission just found that Apple—with the help of the tax haven of Ireland—has been dodging billions of dollars in taxes. The EC's ruling states that Apple must pay up to $14.5 billion in back taxes to Ireland on its European profits.¹ 

Will you join me in calling on the U.S. Treasury Department to follow suit and investigate Apple's profit shifting and tax dodging here in the United States?

In light of the European Commission's ruling that Apple owes up to $14.5 billion in back taxes to Ireland on its European profits, it is critical that the Treasury Department immediately investigate Apple's profit shifting and tax dodging here in the United States.

We demand that the Treasury act in the best interests of the American people and ensure that Apple pays all of the taxes it owes here at home.

Apple has more than $215 billion in profits stashed offshore on which it could owe the American people more than $60 billion in taxes.^2,3

Stand with us in demanding that the U.S. Treasury Department immediately investigate Apple for profit shifting and U.S. tax avoidance. Demand that Apple pay what it owes to America in back taxes!

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

—Ben Eisenberg, Americans for Tax Fairness

Sources:

1. "Apple must pay up to $14.5B in back taxes to Ireland," USA Today, August 30, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/5427?t=5&akid=169050.10220574.z8pJ41

2. "Europe hits Apple with a $15 billion-plus tax bill," Lexington Herald Leader, August 30, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/5429?t=7&akid=169050.10220574.z8pJ41

3. "US companies holding $2.1 trillion offshore profits," CNBC, October 6, 2015
http://act.moveon.org/go/5428?t=9&akid=169050.10220574.z8pJ41

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