Seems like interesting timing. They've decided to go after back taxes right before the UK leaves the party.
Just for your info this isn't what happened, it's Ireland's tax money. The EC doesn't collect taxes. Instead the EC ruled that Ireland was providing illegal state aid (under EU rules) to Apple through its tax arrangements. So this loophole was nullified and Apple have to pay the back taxes to Ireland. The EU gets nothing (the EC is the executive body of the EU).
This investigation into dodgy corporate tax deals has nothing to do with Brexit (note that this is about Ireland, not the UK), and it's been going on for most of a decade now.
No. This isn't over money owed to the EC, it's over state aid perceived as manipulating the Single Market in a company's favour, which is [to an extent] undone by requiring that company to repay the money
> Seems like interesting timing. They've decided to go after back taxes right before the UK leaves the party.
It's the culmination of a three year investigation and legal process, and they've been going after companies with other special tax arrangements with local governments for years. I don't think Brexit had anything to do with it.