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Ecuador Tax Agency Closes Microsoft Branch Offices

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the time-to-sniff-the-paper-trail dept.

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."

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  1. OUTRAGE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ecuador holds dominion over the Galapagos Islands. Who made the Galapagos famous? That's right, Darwin... Which happens to be the name of Apple's OS Kernel. COINCIDENCE?

  2. Ha! by milo_a_wagner · · Score: 5, Funny

    All your branches are belong to us!

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    Man wird am besten für seine Tugenden bestraft.
  3. tax evasion by ClippySay · · Score: 5, Funny

    / You look like you're trying to evade \
    \ taxes. May I help you?               /
         \
          \
           \     ____
            \   / __ \
             \  O|  |O|
                ||  | |
                ||  | |
                ||    |
                 |___/

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    cpu0: Microsoft Clippium ("GenuineClippy" ChromedMetal-Class). Paperbinding, lockpicking, fish-hook-hack support.
  4. Re:Public Prophet and Private Profit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.