After the EU executive’s tax hunt to American corporations, it is time for IKEA, the Swedish furniture store to undergo the Berlaymont’s scrutiny, due to possible illegal practices for tax avoidance targeted.

According to the Commission’s competition watchdogs, the Netherlands seems to have given the IKEA franchise subsidiary an unfair advantage over other companies, resulting in a breach of EU state aid rules.

"All companies, big or small, multinational or not, should pay their fair share of ...