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the european court of justice ruled on september 10 that apple must pay ireland 13 billion euros in back taxes. at the same time, it upheld the 2.4 billion euro fine imposed on google for abusing its monopoly to suppress competitors.

apple and google must pay back taxes and fines after appeal fails

according to the agreement reached between apple and the irish government, apple's european business can enjoy ultra-low tax rates. in 2016, the european commission ruled that apple's low tax rate was inconsistent with relevant eu rules and that it had to pay back taxes, which led to apple's appeal. this time, the european court upheld the ruling made in 2016.

according to afp, just minutes after the ruling on apple, the european court of justice also upheld the eu's previous decision to fine google 2.4 billion euros. according to a 2017 ruling, google was found to have illegally used its dominant position in the search engine field to provide higher search rankings for its own products and suppress competitors' shopping services.

vestager, executive vice president of the european commission in charge of digital policy and competition affairs, said on the same day that this would accelerate eu regulatory and legislative reforms and was of "great significance."