https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-taxavoidance/apple-pays-ireland-first-tranche-of-disputed-taxes-idUSKCN1IJ1NV >Apple has paid 1.5 billion euros ($1.76 billion) into an escrow account set up by the Irish government to hold 13 billion euros in disputed taxes, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Friday.