Apple Inc. may bring at least $5 billion of its offshore cashback to the U.S. next year, CEO Tim Cook suggested in an interviewon Irish radio.

“We provisioned several billion dollars for the U.S. for paymentas soon as we repatriate it, and right now I would forecast thatrepatriation to occur next year,” Cook told RTE Radio 1.

Given the U.S.'s 35% top corporate tax rate, a U.S. tax bill ofat least $2 billion suggests that Apple plans to bring at least$5.7 billion back next year. The European Commission said Tuesdaythat the Cupertino, Calif.-based company owed as much as $14.5billion in back taxes in Ireland, where it books most of itsEuropean revenue.

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