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Ecuador Tax Agency Closes Microsoft Branch Offices
An anonymous reader writes "The Ecuador Tax Agency (SRI) has closed Microsoft branch offices for seven days. 'We have twice requested balances, payment reports and complete tax information, but the company hasn't given it to us, so in accordance with our laws we have proceeded with the closure,' the SRI official in charge of the proceeding said. Microsoft said it was a human mistake."
The first time it may have been a "human" mistake. Second time, I do not think so.
I wonder if this is related to paying for votes on the ISO committee?
I doubt this will have the impact that it would if Microsoft were a traditional bricks-and-mortar company. Does this closure prevent Ecuadorians from activating copies of Windows, or downloading updates, or buying additional Microsoft licenses online?
At what point in time will tax authorities seek the right to seize a company's domain name and DNS entries to truly seize a business for back taxes.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
Sorry but the law is the law. MS forgot to send some papers and the rules had been applied on that case. Many other ecuadorian companies were also closed for seven days, MS was the only multinational branch closed.