BRUSSELS, March 20 (Reuters) - EU regulators are likely to open investigations into tax deals between EU countries and multinationals after reviewing their arrangements in the previous decade, the bloc's competition chief warned on Monday.
European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, who has ordered Apple (AAPL.O) to pay 13 billion euros in back taxes in Ireland and Amazon (AMZN.O) 250 million euros to Luxembourg, among a dozen cases, has said such tax deals amount to illegal tax breaks.
Despite her crackdown, Vestager said aggressive tax planning "is still with us".
She did, however, get the court's backing for her order to Engie to pay back taxes of 120 million euros to Luxembourg.
And Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have all changed their tax practices in response to her tax crusade.