Apple and Taxes: What the New York Times Missed

Sunday’s New York Times story on the strategies Apple uses to minimize its tax bill missed a few key points worth considering.
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Amazon Softens Stance on Taxes

Amazon.com Inc. reached an agreement with Texas officials Friday to begin collecting sales taxes in the state starting in July and appears to be backing away from its long-held opposition to tax collection in states where it has warehouses and other facilities.

Seven Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

In an AllThingsD interview, Cisco Systems’ CEO talks about the company’s turnaround, the hurdles ahead and how badly he wants to bring his company’s cash home.
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Yahoo: Center of Global Chess Game

As Yahoo Inc. maps out its future, a new plan has emerged for the fate of its overseas investments, which are the critical part of any deal to sell the company.

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Senator Disputes Oracle’s Claim About New Jobs

A 2004 tax break for U.S. companies bringing home overseas profits didn’t lead to more net U.S. jobs at technology company Oracle Corp., the company that claimed to have generated the biggest job growth among the 15 largest beneficiaries of the tax holiday, Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.) said Tuesday.

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After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears

For more than 20 years, tech tycoon William H. Millard was one of the world’s most elusive tax exiles, leaving financial footprints in Singapore, Ireland and other locales while racking up an unpaid tax bill of more than $100 million.

Amazon Cuts California Affiliates Loose Over New Tax Law

Amazon has notified all California residents who participate in its affiliates program that a new tax law means they will no longer receive fees for referring site traffic that resulted in a sale.
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Retailers Push Amazon on Taxes

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and other large retailers are ratcheting up a political campaign to force Amazon.com Inc. to collect sales taxes, sensing opportunity in the budget crises gripping statehouses nationwide.

Video: Vivek Kundra, CIO Of United States, Talks IT Spending

What would you do with an $80 billion IT budget? That’s Vivek Kundra’s job. In a White House video, he talks about how the government reviewed its IT spending priorities in an attempt get projects running late and over budget under control.

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Cybercrooks Digging for Tax Data

It’s tax season, which means cyber-thieves are trawling the Web and sending counterfeit email in the hopes of snaring your personal tax data. And they’ve created websites with reasonable-seeming addresses and legitimate-seeming emails in order to lure unsuspecting citizens into clicking on the wrong link or downloading a virus-laden PDF.