Neowin News Feed for: Taxes

Minnesota has technical issues with TurboTax filings

Christopher White — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:58:27 +0000

Intuit is having issues filing state tax returns with Minnesota and the state is calling into question the accuracy of the software company's tax software. Read more...

Dear Microsoft, You owe us $70m. Love, France

Andy Weir — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:16:30 +0000

Following recent investigations, French tax authorities are demanding a payment of €52.5m ($70m) from Microsoft, amid disputes over the company's accounting and tax policies there. Read more...

Dell and Taxes: How an investment could be a great move for Microsoft

Brad Sams — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:12:18 +0000

Over the past few days, we have heard quite a bit about Dell wanting to go private and remove itself from the burden of being listed on a stock exchange - and Microsoft could be the perfect partner. Read more...

Nokia accused of $545m tax evasion in India; offices raided in investigation

Andy Weir — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:10:12 +0000

As Nokia readies its Windows Phone 8 launch in India, tax officials have raided one of its factories and offices, amid allegations that the company has evaded tax payments there, amounting to $545m. Read more...

Google profits skyrocket by moving revenue to shell company

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:29:17 +0000

Google is coming under fire today for a recent relevation that it saved about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes by shifting nearly $10 billion of its revenues to a shell company in Bermuda. Read more...

Mozilla to settle US tax affair for $1.5 million

Alfonso Maruccia — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:33:43 +0000

The Firefox foundation announced the settlement with the USA government over funding from Google. Mozilla didn't want to pay tax for the money, now the company is paying regardless. Read more...

Microsoft accused of avoiding billions in US taxes

Brad Sams — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:47:12 +0100

Microsoft has been accused of avoiding billions in taxes in a memo from a Senate committee by utilizing transactions with offshore subsidiaries to use those funds domestically without paying taxes. Read more...

Amazon to start collecting sales taxes in New Jersey in 2013

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:46:20 +0100

Amazon.com will begin collecting a state sales tax in New Jersey beginning next year. New Jersey has also announced that Amazon will be opening two distribution facilities in the state. Read more...

Report: Apple avoids paying billions in US taxes

John Callaham — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:28:43 +0100

A new report claims that Apple avoids paying the US a lot of money in taxes via various methods with one economist saying Apple would have paid $2.4 billion more in taxes without these legal efforts. Read more...

Facebook holds empty office in Amsterdam

Paul Ferson — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Facebook has been discovered to hold an empty office in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, sparking discussion about whether the company is using it to avoid taxation. Read more...

Bill Gates claims he doesn't pay enough tax

Steven Parker — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:26:22 +0000

Bill Gates has claimed in a BBC World interview that he probably doesn't pay enough tax; this follows the State of the Union address in which Obama called on the rich to pay more taxes. Read more...

Google pays only 2.4% in taxes through loopholes

Brandon Boyce — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:47:15 +0100

Bloomberg took a close look at Google's regulatory filings and found that over the last three years they have been able to cut $3.1 billion in taxes, thanks to loopholes in the system. They are... Read more...

UK video game tax relief cancelled

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:36:17 +0100

The UK government announced on Tuesday that a planned tax relief for the gaming industry will be cancelled. A couple parts of the Digital Britain report was geared towards gamers. One was a small tax break... Read more...

Poll: Most Americans Filing Taxes Online

Slimy — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:26:02 +0100

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Most people (54%) file their tax returns electronically now because it's convenient, despite lingering concerns about the security of their most sensitive financial information, according to a new AP-AOL Money & Finance poll. Half of... Read more...

PowerUser.tv Episode 27: IE7, Taxes, WoW and More!

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:52:33 +0000

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Tech news: This week Kristin, Derek and Brad bring you news of IE7, we are in awe of Cingular's bold move, we applaud Apple for yet another good idea, and we describe ways to get... Read more...

IRS eyes Net phone taxes

malebolgia — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:58:29 +0100

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Looks like Uncle Sam has his eye on taxing VoIP calls (voice over Internet Protocol). The IRS and Treasury Department are considering reinterpreting the federal excise tax in order "to reflect the changes in... Read more...

EBay to start charging European taxes

configure — Sun, 08 Jun 2003 00:27:24 +0100

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Thanks pjak. EBay Inc. will start charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on European seller fees from July 1, in accordance with European Union regulations, the company said Thursday. Unless sellers submit a... Read more...

Net's no longer a haven from sales taxes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Feb 2003 21:15:55 +0000

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Several large retailers this week began collecting sales tax on Internet purchases. The move arose from an agreement among about 38 states and the District of Columbia that went into effect this week. The... Read more...

Bush Renews Ban on Internet Taxes

Kheldar — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:19:11 +0000

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush renewed a ban on Internet taxes on Wednesday, ensuring that the country's 130 million Internet users will not face new taxes for at least another two years. ... Read more...