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Microsoft Freeloading In Washington State Courts
reifman writes "For tax purposes, Microsoft reports that it's earned its estimated $143 billion in software licensing revenue in Nevada, where there is no licensing tax, as we discussed a few weeks ago. However, for legal purposes, Microsoft relies on Washington law and its underfunded courts to defend its contracts as it did in Microsoft Licensing GP vs. TSR Silicon. Application of common legal doctrines such as nexus, the step doctrine, and alter ego theory may lead to findings that Microsoft owes the state more than $1 billion in taxes, interest, and penalties."
Now now .. don't let common sense get in the way of a first post rant
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Did you see the Borg icon next to the story? Anything less than scathing villinization of the MacroHard Collective is blasphemy!
Why does the name of Michael J. Fox appears at the top of the contract?
Yeah great example. You'd rather pay taxes on that first $95k in that famously low tax haven known as Europe...
Application of common legal doctrines such as nexus, the step doctrine, and alter ego theory
Those don't sound like legal doctrines. They sound like sci-fi movie titles.
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WOW! What an outrageous tax rate! 10% On top of your sales taxes?!
People are going to use that phrase wrong and no amount of education will help this.
People are going to use that word incorrectly and no amount of education will help this.
Exactly.
Nobody thinks picking a good meal over a bad one is unethical. But most people agree that picking the best parts off a buffet is at least questionable.
You're related to that bad analogy guy, aren't you?