The majority of the tax to be recovered are actually related to European and not US companies:  &quot;While declining to name the companies who benefitted from the tax scheme, Commissioner Vestager said that €500 million of the total tax bill of €700 million related to European companies, a development that may appease critics of the European Commission who have accused Brussels of unfairly targeting US multinationals.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.irishtimes.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;vestager-denies-delay-in-probing-ireland-s-apple-tax-deal-1.2492451" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.irishtimes.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;vestager-denies-delay-in-...</a>