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Microsoft Tax Dodge At Issue In Washington State
newscloud writes "With Washington State facing a billion-dollar biennial budget deficit, the spotlight again shifts to Microsoft's software licensing office in Reno, Nevada. 'Although the majority of its software development is performed in Washington State, Microsoft records its estimated $18 billion in licensing revenue per year through a corporate office in Reno, Nevada where there is no licensing tax. Just by enforcing the state's existing tax law from 2008 onwards, we could reduce Washington's revenue shortfall by more than 70 percent. Alternately, we could pursue the entire $707 million from Microsoft's thirteen years of tax dodging and cover most of the expected deficit going forward.' We have discussed Microsoft's creative capitalism in the past."
Theres a sales tax that the people who are paid wages by MS use to go out and buy things with, from food, toys, electronics, cars etc. Follow the fricken bouncing ball. If you dont get why Washington went with sales tax over income tax, then you need an economics lesson.
Why not pass a 1 percent flat tax?
Derp de derp. I'm typing randomly because my message is too short.
Viral software licensing is not freedom, it is in fact GNU/Socialism.
(Okay, so I exaggerate the position. What's that? The world is more complicated than that? Well whaddaya know! Yes it is! :P)
The World Wide Web is dying. Soon, we shall have only the Internet.
They could just cut spending. No one needs to pay more because someone pays less. Just cut spending.
Taxes are taken from people against their will. The people who receive the money can just accept less.
I'm sick of fucks like you who think that the because a business is large, they have no duty to pay taxes like all the small businesses. My employees buy things, have places to live, and do other tax generating activities -- I still have to pay taxes though. Why not MS? Because it is huge. Not a valid reason.
What changed under Obama? Nothing Good
If you're letting out that sort of complaint, chances are you're not. So enjoy your wishful thinking that you may some day be rich, or go read up stats on social mobility.
"Bu..bu..BUSH!"
Obama could be President for a hundred years and you people will still be screeching "BUSH!" every time someone criticizes him.
It's really pathetic.
"if you had bothered to check what I consider sound economics"
Guy, your response to a point easily countered by real facts was INSTEAD to screech "Bu..Bu..BUSH!"
The chances of me caring what you think about anything after seeing you do that are pretty infinitesimal.