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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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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years 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 16 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I got my number from the article that was posted.