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Congress angry with EU’s $14.5 billion Apple tax ‘grab’

By Joseph Lawler
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Congress angry with EU’s $14.5 billion Apple tax ‘grab’

Top members of Congress from both parties did not hesitate to criticize the European Union’s move Tuesday morning to force Apple to pay $14.5 billion in taxes it found the company underpaid thanks to a sweetheart deal with Ireland.

Kevin Brady, the Texas Republican who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, called the European Commission’s decision “a predatory and naked tax grab.”

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