The pre-tax profit reported by Apple Operations International Limited and its international subsidiaries surpassed the $67.7 billion recorded a year earlier. That group of Apple companies incurred operating expenses of $26.9 billion in the year ending last September.
The group paid dividends of $20.7 billion to its parent company Apple Inc, down from $25.3 billion a year earlier.
Apple has had a presence in Ireland since 1980 and has grown into one of the country’s largest employers. The group’s average number of full-time employees in 2022 was 56,639, about 4,000 more than in 2021.
