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The $4.3B Tax Trick Sitting Inside Microsoft’s Profit Story
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Subscribe31 JUL 2026 / ACCOUNTING & TAXES
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Microsoft has leveraged its income booked in Ireland to reduce its worldwide tax rate by 2.6 percentage points, resulting in a savings of around $4.3 billion in taxes. The corporation's practices highlight the increasing complexity and strategy of multinational tax planning, which is influenced by regional operating centers, tax-rate differences, depreciation, and disclosure rules.
Microsoft’s latest tax story has the kind of footnote that makes a controller pause mid-coffee. The company did not just post massive profits. It also showed how much tax strategy now depends on where profits land on paper, not only how much profit...
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