Apple paid Ireland $17.1 billion in taxes during the fiscal year ended September 2025, about 40% of its $43.2 billion in worldwide income-tax payments, according to a country-by-country filing. The amount was significantly higher than taxes accrued because it included a €13 billion ($15.18 billion) back-tax payment ordered by the European Union’s top court in 2024. Ireland had defended Apple through the eight-year dispute, while the European Commission had accused the country in 2016 of granting illegal tax benefits to the company. The filing comes as the European Commission welcomes Apple’s revised app commission structure, under which developers will pay fees of 5% to 26%, although U.S. antitrust litigation involving Epic Games remains unresolved.