Apple boss expects to repatriate billions to the US next year

Revelation that tech firm will pay deferred taxes to US Treasury follows Tim Cook's previous refusal to support such a move

Apple boss Tim Cook expects the iPhone maker to repatriate huge offshore profits to America next year, paying billions of dollars in deferred taxes to the US Treasury.

In an interview with RTE radio, he gave a summary of the company's 2014 tax affairs, saying: "We paid $400m [in tax] to Ireland, we paid $400m to the US. And we provisioned several billion for the US for payment as soon as we repatriated.