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phoenix.com technology news: on september 10, beijing time, the european court of justice, the highest court in the european union, ruled today that apple lost the tax lawsuit in ireland and needs to pay 13 billion euros (about 14.4 billion u.s. dollars) in back taxes. apple said it was disappointed with the european court's ruling.

in 2016, the european commission asked ireland to collect 13 billion euros in unpaid taxes from apple because ireland gave apple an unfair advantage in violation of state aid laws. in 2020, the general court of the european union ruled that the european commission's decision was invalid and apple did not need to pay the irish government 13 billion euros in back taxes.

however, the european court of justice ruled on tuesday that apple's victory in a lower court should be overturned because the judges wrongly concluded that the european commission's regulators made mistakes in their assessment.

an apple spokesperson said: "we are disappointed with today's decision as the general court of the european union had previously reviewed the facts and categorically dismissed the case." (author/xiao yu)

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