I was first involved in writing about Microsoft’s tax affairs in November 2005 when work I did was quoted in the Wall Street Journal (paywall).
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Bill Gates has, according to the Guardian, warned ‘that should the Conservatives go ahead and abandon the UK’s overseas aid spending pledge it would reduce
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RTE in Ireland has reported: Accounts for Microsoft Ireland Research, an Irish subsidiary of the global software giant, show that the company paid just €460,000
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It looks like Microsoft’s love affair with Ireland is fleeting. According to the Irish Independent (behind a registration wall) in the past two years Microsoft’s
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I always get a little annoyed when those who suggest that commerce is the only way to create wealth ignore the fact that those companies
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Over at AccountingWEB Rebecca Bennyworth has posted a thoughtful piece on whether tax practitioners have to exercise moral judgement in the course of their work.
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Dennis Howlett’s comment on the Apple article below is too good to be hidden away in the comments section. He wrote: My iPod says: Designed
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Apple Corp is joining Microsoft in re-registering its Irish subsidiaries as unlimited companies according to a report in the Irish Sunday Business Post online. The
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In November last year the Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft was saving as much as $500 million a year in tax by the use
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