IRS says Microsoft may owe more than $29B in back taxes; MSFT disagrees (opens in new tab)

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68 pointsciceryadam2y ago8 comments

8 comments

Discussed earlier today: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37850110>

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.

Armisael162y ago

Cute, but totally irrelevant. Microsoft has the money and the US government clearly has the ability to get the money.

ionwake2y ago

It’s not irrelevant, go get your coffee you’re being rude.

tekla2y ago

Completely irrelevant. A bank and the Govt are not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination

vpribish2y ago

I think the level of rudeness was carefully calibrated and perfectly appropriate.

rtkwe2y 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.

ChrisArchitect2y ago

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