The US and EU in court showdown over ruling to pay back $15billion in sweetheart tax deals
US treasury chiefs are understood to be furious at the commission’s investigations into the tax affairs of some of America’s best-known brands http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-3772362/Apple-crunch-Tech-giant-backing-Washington-court-ruling-pay-13-billion-sweetheart-tax-deals.html
Washington and Brussels could face a showdown in the European Court over Apple's multi-billion pound tax row with the European Commission, legal experts say.
WHY WOULD THE US GOVT GET INVOLVED IN APPLE'S TAX MATTERS OVERSEAS UNLESS APPLE IS DOING SOME SORT OF CLANDESTINE TECH SURVEILLANCE FOR THEM?