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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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[–] M500@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah but they eared more than double that in profit in their 2023 year. This is taxes over a 20 year period.

In this context it does not seem like it’s too much.

[–] Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 year ago

It's still way more than "none". Let's not let perfect be the enemy of good.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I didn't believe you so I looked it up. You're wrong. Their gross profit is over 4x that amount in 2023.

[–] SadSadSatellite@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

That's not wrong then. 4 times is more than double.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I got my number from the article that was posted.