Apple has now fully paid $16.5B to Ireland in back taxes

The nine-year saga between Apple, the Irish government, and the EU ended last year when the final appeal ordered the iPhone maker to pay €13B ($15B) in back tax to the Irish government.

That money sat in an escrow account for many years, increasing in value to €14.25B ($16.5B), but has now been paid …

The end of a nine-year saga

Apple funneled the revenue from all its sales throughout the EU through its European HQ in Ireland. Apple likely chose the location because the…