The IRS sent a surprise bill to Microsoft, hitting the company with a $28.9 billion bill for back taxes and penalties spanning a decade, starting in 2003.

Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes plus penalties and interest to IRS::The IRS sent a surprise bill to Microsoft, hitting the company with a $28.9 billion bill for back taxes and penalties spanning a decade, starting in 2003.

  • @Haha@lemmy.worldEnglish
    58•9 months ago

    Wow I wish I could not pay taxes for 3 decades and like do something nice with all that money…

    • southsamuraiEnglish
      56•9 months ago

      Well, in fairness, they didn’t do anything nice with the money either.

        • @RedAggroBest@lemmy.worldEnglish
          -1•9 months ago

          Okay they aren’t good, but seriously what makes them a monopoly? I haven’t seen anyone make a good argument for this. There isn’t a single industry they’re in, that I know or can think of, that they hold enough market capture to be a monopoly.

      • @Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
        -1•9 months ago

        Microsoft has lots of kickass stuff. Just Bing it, bro. Or jump on Teams with me and I’ll explain it while I rock out with my Zune.

        /s obv