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    • High-tech giants seeking massive tax break

      Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      Microsoft and a handful of other tech giants are quietly securing a state tax break that could be worth more than $1 billion through legislation forged amid corporate threats and an interstate bidding war for computer server farms that have become the backbone of the Internet.

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    • Idealog: Top Reader Excuses for Microsoft's Tax Avoidance

      Posted by Jeff from Idealog.US

      After my editorial suggesting Washington State close the loophole on Microsoft's tax avoidance schemes was published by Crosscut and linked by Slashdot (Creative Capitalism Gets Microsoft a $528M Tax Break), readers posted more than 542 comments, many defending Microsoft's practices. I am always struck by the arguments people use to defend corporate entities that dodge taxes, so I decided to summarize and respond to the most common arguments.

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      Microsoft's $528 million Washington tax break

      Posted by Jeff from crosscut.com

      When I heard that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had invoked the phrase "creative capitalism" at last month's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, it reminded me how Microsoft avoids paying taxes on Washington-made software by selling it through Nevada.

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    Jeff comments on:

    Microsoft's $528 million Washington tax break

    You are misunderstanding – this is about Washington B & O taxes on corporations, not income taxes.

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    9:31 pm 4/02/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    High-tech giants seeking massive tax break

    Check out my rebuttal to Top Reader Excuses for Microsoft’s Tax Avoidance here.

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    11:06 am 2/12/08
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    edseccocpa comments on:

    Microsoft's $528 million Washington tax break

    Your concern that Microsoft is avoiding paying income taxes to the State of Washington is based on the erroneous belief that there is an income tax in Washington. Please check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_income_tax

    I really don’t know what you’re belly aching about.

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    9:53 am 2/04/08
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    Jeff

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    Jeff is the founder of NewsCloud. He is also a freelance writer and blogs at Idealog.

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