Apple Pays £89m Tax Fine for Underreporting Income in Japan

Apple has been ordered to pay about 12bn yen (£89m) in taxes for improperly reporting income associated with its Japan iTunes unit, according to reports. The news comes weeks after the EU hit Apple with a record £11bn tax penalty, ruling its 25-year “sweetheart deal” with Ireland was illegal. Apple’s unit in question has reportedly paid the amount that was asked by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau. The tax authority argued that the iTunes unit, which sends parts of its profits earned from fees paid by Japanese subscribers to another Apple unit based in Ireland, had not been paying a withholding tax on these earnings in Japan, according to local broadcaster NHK.