To the Editor:“Ireland Split on Apple’s Taxes” (Business Day, Sept. 12) highlights the aftermath of a decades-old arrangement. When Apple began establishing business operations in Cork in December 1980, Ireland was entering a near decades-long recessionary period. Thirty-six years after Apple’s arrival, Ireland’s government must deal with a corporate-profits reporting system that successive prior administrations either failed to understand or failed to scrutinize. The prospect of an American company creating jobs thought of as reasonably secure delighted Irish government officials, but a phrase often used here aptly applies to the deal offered by Apple: Terms and conditions apply. DAN DONOVANDungarvan, Ireland

Source: New York Times September 22, 2016 18:22 UTC