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Bill Gates' Taxes Require Special Computer

NightWulf writes "News AU claims Bill Gates said in an interview, his fortune is so big, that the IRS needs a special computer, because a normal one can't handle the numbers. The IRS must have had to switch from PC's to Macs just for Gates."

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  1. At last, I have something in common with Bill... by Osrin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Except the special computer that the IRS use for my taxes is an Altair.

  2. Its not the numbers by NiteShaed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its not that the numbers are too big, its that the EULA he staples to his tax forms require it be processed by 100% MS software.

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  3. W.ealth O.verload P.lanned R.esponse by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is only ONE computer that could possibly handle these calculations.

    I have an idea, if your fortune gets to be so large that even the IRS can't figure it all out, you should be required to give some of it away to the poor until they can do the necessary calculations.
    That being said, I will accept cash and postal money orders only please.

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  4. Re:At last, I have something in common with Bill.. by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

    They do mine on a napkin with a red pen.

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  5. Oblig. Simpsons Reference by bigtallmofo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Moe: "Say, Barn. Uh, remember when I said I'd have to send away to NASA to calculate your bar tab?"

    Barney: "Oh ho, oh yeah. We all had a good laugh, Moe."

    Moe: "The results came back today."

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  6. IRS Computers. by Jaywalk · · Score: 4, Funny
    The IRS must have had to switch from PC's to Macs just for Gates."
    The IRS's computers have been in the dark ages from time immemorial. It's more likely that they had to switch from an ENIAC to a UNIVAC.
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  7. One of the MS Money Editions might suffice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS Money.
    MS Money Small Business Edition.
    MS Money Enterprise.
    MS Money Multi-national Edition.
    MS Money Dr. Evil Edition.
    MS Money Dr. Evil Edition with Laser Beams.

  8. They still can't calculate my taxes. by slashbob22 · · Score: 5, Funny

    and never will, unless they can effectively divide by 0.

    In other news, Steve Balmer threw a chair at the IRS computer so he could also claim they needed a new "special" one for him too.

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  9. But I thought... by Megane · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...640K was enough for anybody?

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  10. He's not Chuck Norris, because... by mcho · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...when Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to attack. Chuck Norris has not had to pay taxes, ever.

  11. Re:At last, I have something in common with Bill.. by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mr. Simpson, this computer can process NINE tax returns per DAY. Did you really think you could fool it?

  12. Re:At last, I have something in common with Bill.. by lbmouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be raking in the dough.
    They send mine to this fellow.

  13. Re:What a liar... by muyuubyou · · Score: 4, Funny

    $64.0 billion ought to be enough for anybody.

  14. Re:Bistromathics by NotTheNickIWanted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well that would certainly explain the mysterious nonabsoluteness of the relationship between what the Tax Man says I owe, and that which I am prepared to pay!

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  15. Re:Your Shell Script by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hi, fellow Canadian?