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.
So where are all those fake democrats complaining that Biden’s funding the IRS is just going to have them go after small businesses and the lower/middle classes?
How’s that go? Gaslight, obstruct, project? lol
The IRS overwhelmingly go after poor people as they don’t have the means to defend themselves and end up settling out of desperation.
I’m sure after they get more money they’ll totally change though lol
I’d like to agree but it is not illegal to not pay your taxes. It is illegal to not file your taxes. So if you file your taxes and owe $5,000, you can’t go to jail/prison for not paying it.
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The IRS agent who worked up this case is either going to be up for a few days of extra vacation time or perhaps a job at Microsoft.
I hope they pay up and we just send that to Ukraine as aid.
Yea but the us military depends on them continuing to support xp just for them soooooo, why should they pay? They could literally cripple the world
Wow I wish I could not pay taxes for 3 decades and like do something nice with all that money…
So where are all those fake democrats complaining that Biden’s funding the IRS is just going to have them go after small businesses and the lower/middle classes?
How’s that go? Gaslight, obstruct, project? lol
Applejacks where you at buddy?
Corporations are not people, fuck them up.
Dissolve them. That fucked country still has fucking death penalty.
With that money you could buy yourself a default search engine position at Apple.
the interest is going to hurt
Clash of the titans - government leech vs global corporation.
grabs popcorn
Imagine any other citizen doing the same. they would be rotting in prison.
I’d like to agree but it is not illegal to not pay your taxes. It is illegal to not file your taxes. So if you file your taxes and owe $5,000, you can’t go to jail/prison for not paying it.
Most of the major corporations in the US do not pay their fair share of taxes. Fuck the greedy pigs.
But they’re a giant corporation so that’s apparently fine.
IRS commin’ in tellin’ me “Ain’t you boys goin’ gimme some back taxes?”
I told them they’d be lucky if they got some front taxes.
They can afford 29 billion. I hope they lose the battle.
29 billion? That’s it? It is so tiny!