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US falls behind in spending on innovation
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| Redmond, Washington - Budget constraints mean American IT professionals are
| spending less on innovation than their counterparts in the UK, Japan and
| Germany, according to a new survey.
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| While many IT professionals are investing in specific areas of IT
| infrastructure, 55 percent say the economy has changed the role of IT and 51
| percent say that budget constraints are the biggest barrier to their
| innovation, according to the Harris Interactive study, commissioned for
| Microsoft.
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http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42973/140/
They try to justify offshoring.
CEO of Microsoft's Indian Partner Complains American Grads Are "Unemployable"
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| The CEO of a major Indian corporation sounds off on what he sees as
| educational inadequacies
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| HCL Technologies is one of India's most powerful and respected tech firms.
| The company scored a massive $170M USD outsourcing contract from Microsoft
| last year. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer lavished them with praise,
| stating, "That extra mile walk by the team (at HCL) has increased our mutual
| trust and has taken our relationship to newer heights. "
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http://www.dailytech.com/CEO+of+Microsofts+Indian+Partner+Complains+American+Grads+Are+Unemployable/article15486.htm
Recent:
Ballmer Says Tax Would Move Microsoft Jobs Offshore
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| Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said the world’s
| largest software company would move some employees offshore if Congress
| enacts President Barack Obama’s plans to impose higher taxes on U.S.
| companies’ foreign profits.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amBiYGyHOkZ8
Ballmer Says Tax Would Move Microsoft Jobs Offshore
http://americandaily.com/index.php/article/1488
Tax plan would send jobs offshore, Ballmer says
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009298130_ballmertaxes04.html
Microsoft speaks against foreign profit tax proposal
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/766636.html
GE, Microsoft, Caterpillar fight Obama tax plan
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| Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) have seen their
| bottom lines bulge over the years by farming out work for cheaper
| compensation to overseas countries. Now, with the U.S. economy reeling,
| President Obama's $190 billion tax proposal that ends incentives for American
| companies to create employment overseas while hoping to create more jobs in
| America won't necessarily have the intended impact, according to economists,
| businesses and some Obama insiders, Bloomberg reports.
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http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/05/obama_tax_plan_could_collatera.php
Intel accused of massive tax evasion
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| Professor Mikkelsen described the level of Intel's tax evasion – believed to
| be Denmark's biggest ever case of transfer pricing – as "shocking".
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/679/1051679/intel-accused-massive-tax-evasion
Microsoft debt offering raises questions about plans for funds
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| Microsoft, which has historically avoided borrowing money, this morning took
| the next step in its previously announced plan to raise funds through a
| public debt offering. The company made the move in a preliminary prospectus
| filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_debt_offering_raises_questions_about_plans_for_funds_44725857.html
How Obama's tax reforms could impact Microsoft's bottom line
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| The debate hinges on policies that let companies with international
| operations avoid higher U.S. tax rates by reinvesting their foreign earnings
| overseas. The Obama administration last Monday detailed its plan to put a
| damper on that practice.
|
| "Currently, businesses that invest overseas can take immediate deductions on
| their U.S. tax returns for expenses supporting their overseas investments but
| nevertheless 'defer' paying U.S. taxes on the profits they make from those
| investments," the White House said in a May 4 briefing document. "As a
| result, U.S. taxpayer dollars are used to provide a significant tax advantage
| to companies who invest overseas relative to those who invest and create jobs
| at home."
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/How_Obamas_tax_plan_could_impact_Microsofts_bottom_line_44679452.html
Microsoft subsidiary has €477m pretax profit
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| Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd (MIOL) had turnover of €11.3 billion and
| paid corporation tax of €63.5 million according to accounts just lodged with
| the Companies Office and seen by The Irish Times.
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/0429/1224245596231.html
Microsoft Ireland slashes US dividend as profits rise
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| The dividend payment is roughly half the almost €3bn the Irish subsidiary
| remitted to the US headquarters in the financial year ended June 2006.
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http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/microsoft-ireland-slashes-us-dividend-as-profits-rise-1364208.html
Microsoft in tax evasion soup
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| Software major Microsoft Corp’s Indian subsidiary has been issued a
| show-cause notice for non-payment of service tax worth Rs 127 crore. The tax
| has been claimed on services offered to Microsoft Singapore by way of
| marketing support.
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http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Microsoft_in_tax_evasion_soup/rssarticleshow/2977840.cms
Tax benefit helped Microsoft's 3Q earnings
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| Turns out Microsoft and Uncle Sam have been going back through the company's
| books from 2000 to 2003. Not knowing how that would end up, Microsoft
| had "over accrued" its tax provision in past quarters, said Colleen Healy,
| general manager of investor relations. With the review settled, the company
| was able to reduce that provision.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004377713_btdownload28.html
Microsoft Leads in Lobbying Largesse
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| Microsoft is leading the tech industry’s charge up Capitol Hill, according to
| statistics released Monday.
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| The world's largest software company spent $9 million on lobbyists to make
| its case in issues including taxes and trade, according to statistics
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
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http://www.redherring.com/Home/24187
Related:
Wis. Bill to Require Tax Loophole Data
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| Wisconsin Bill Would Require More Reporting on Tax Loopholes
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| [...]
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| A message left with Microsoft was not immediately returned.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071219/wi_corporate_taxes.html?.v=4
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
Bill Gates: Rich Individuals Should Pay More Tax, Wealthy Corporations Less?
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| As Taxing Tennessee points out, Bill Gates opposes eliminating the death tax
| but is quite happy to have local and state taxes eliminated for his
| company...
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/65465-bill-gates-rich-individuals-should-pay-more-tax-wealthy-corporations-less?source=yahoo
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| My background is finance and accounting....
|
| However, the Gates Buffet foundation grant is nothing more than a shell
| game in which control of assets for both Gates and Buffet remain the same.
|
| THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH BY THESE TWO WILL BE
| MUCH MORE MASSIVE BECAUSE THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES.
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http://www.mail-archive.com/futurew...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg03323.html
Microsoft EULA lands it with $175m Indian tax headache
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| Basing its ruling on the terms of Microsoft's own EULA (end-user license
| agreement), an Indian court has ordered the company to pay tax on royalty
| income generated in the country, Tax India Online (TIOL) reports.
|
| [...]
|
| “Unacceptable tax avoidance typically involved the creation of complex
| artificial structures by which, as though by the wave of a magic wand, the
| tax payer conjures out of the air a loss, or a gain, or expenditure, or
| whatever it may be, which otherwise would never have existed. These
| structures are designed to achieve an adventitious tax benefit for the
| taxpayer, and in truth are no more than raids on the public funds at the
| expense of the general body of taxpayers, and as such are unacceptable.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/31/microsoft_india_tax_ruling/
Cheers not jeers to Speaker Chopp on the Microsoft tax concession
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| The Columbia Basin Herald this past week characterized House Speaker Frank
| Chopp as being a Forrest Gump, "stupid is as stupid does" villain for
| opposing big proposed tax breaks for Microsoft and Yahoo. The tax concession,
| those companies said, were necessary to keep them from fleeing Grant County,
| where they have huge server farms. The requests were similar to the $3.2
| billion in breaks Boeing Co. got from Governor Gary Locke and the Legislature
| when it threatened to take some of its assembly operations elsewhere.
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http://www.crosscut.com/business-technology/12933/Cheers+not+jeers+to+Speaker+Chopp+on+the+Microsoft+tax+concession/
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