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Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes plus penalties and interest to IRS (appleinsider.com)
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Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes plus penalties and interest to IRS::The IRS sent a surprise bill to Microsoft, hitting the company with a $28.9 billion bill for back taxes and penalties spanning a decade, starting in 2003.

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[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To misquote J Paul Getty: "If you owe the IRS $29,000 that's your problem. If you owe the IRS $29,000,000,000 that's the IRS's problem"

[–] bastion@feddit.nl -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But no.

[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alright, fine... You got me! It's actually Microsoft's problem.