Apple wins tax battle with EU as court cancels 2016 order to pay $15 billion

Apple won a court case against the European Commission over a dispute concerning 13 billion euros ($14.9 billion) in Irish taxes.

In a highly-anticipated landmark decision, the EU’s general court decided that the European Commission did not succeed in proving that there was an advantage given by the Irish government to the U.S. tech giant.

The Commission, the executive arm of the EU, had concluded in August 2016 that the Irish government granted illegal benefits to Apple and ordered it to recover 13 billion euros in unpaid taxes.