The European Commission has referred the Irish government to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over its failure to collect more than €13bn (U.S.$15.3bn) in back taxes from Apple, and has also ordered Luxembourg to claim around €250m (U.S.$294m) in unpaid taxes from Amazon.

Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal...