No Decisions Yet In Perrigo's Disputes With Ireland, US Over Tax Questions From Elan Merger
Executive Summary
A court in Dublin has considered Perirrgo's challenge to Ireland tax authorities' ’ 2018 order to pay $1.9bn additional taxes from its 2013 acquisition of Elan that established it as an Irish firm. “We're just probably within 6 months now that we should get some kind of an answer in that regard,” says CEO Murray Kessler.
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