Apple paid about $17.1 billion in corporate income taxes to Ireland in its last financial year, according to company tax disclosures reported by Reuters and summarized by multiple outlets. That amount represents roughly 40% of Apple’s total corporate income tax paid worldwide of about $43.2 billion in the same period.
The disclosures come as EU rules require large companies to break down key financial data by country. Several outlets also connect the payment to a long-running European Union back-tax dispute: in 2024, the EU’s top court ruled that Ireland had granted Apple unlawful state aid. As a result, Apple was ordered to pay about €13 billion in back taxes, which is reflected in later tax figures.
While coverage varies in emphasis—some focus on the size of Ireland’s share of Apple’s global tax payments, others highlight the EU court ruling and the back-levy timeline—sources broadly agree on the reported payment figures and their relationship to the EU state-aid case.
