Apple's legal victory over Brussels last week appeared at first glance to give every international company seeking out Europe's lowest corporate tax rates a considerable boost.
Officials at the European commission, the EU's executive arm, claimed that the tech giant had saved more than 13bn (£11.8bn) over 10 years after signing a sweetheart tax deal with Dublin in what was claimed to be a clear breach of state aid rules. The second-highest court in the EU disagreed, saying that Ireland had played a straight bat in its dealings with Apple and ticked every technical box to get the deal through.
