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IRS says Microsoft may owe more than $29B in back taxes; MSFT disagrees

• dredmorbius 3y ago
  Discussed earlier today: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37850110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37850110>
• randombits0 3y ago
  When you owe the bank a million dollars, you have a problem. When you owe the bank 29 billion dollars, the bank has a problem.
  • Armisael16 3y ago
    Cute, but totally irrelevant. Microsoft has the money and the US government clearly has the ability to get the money.
    • ionwake 3y ago
      It’s not irrelevant, go get your coffee you’re being rude.
      • tekla 3y ago
        Completely irrelevant. A bank and the Govt are not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination
      • vpribish 3y ago
        I think the level of rudeness was carefully calibrated and perfectly appropriate.
  • rtkwe 3y ago
    The government isn't like a bank they can print their own money and issue nearly infinite debt. $29B is a lot but it's it's a blip in the annual budget of the government. Generals sneeze and spend a billion dollars.
• ChrisArchitect 3y ago
  [dupe]