IRS claims Microsoft owes an added $29 billion in back taxes

IRS claims Microsoft owes an added  billion in back taxes


Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella comes at federal court on October 2, 2023 in Washington, DC. Nadella is testifying in the antitrust demo to decide if Alphabet Inc.’s Google maintains a monopoly in the online research business, which is envisioned to past into November. 

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Microsoft acquired Notices of Proposed Adjustment from the Internal Earnings Provider for an extra tax payment of $28.9 billion, the corporation reported in an 8K submitting Wednesday.

Microsoft mentioned the dispute considerations the company’s allotted earnings concerning nations around the world and jurisdictions concerning 2004 and 2013. The enterprise said up to $10 billion in taxes that the company has presently paid are not mirrored in the proposed changes made by the IRS.

Microsoft designs to contest the notices by way of the IRS’s administrative enchantment and is prepared to go to judicial proceedings, if vital.

“Microsoft disagrees with these proposed adjustments and will pursue an attraction in just the IRS, a process expected to take a number of years,” the organization stated in its submitting. “We feel we have generally followed the IRS’s policies and paid the taxes we owe in the U.S. and around the world.”

Microsoft reported that as of Sept. 30, 2023, it believes its allowances for cash flow tax contingencies are sufficient.



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