[SmokingJoe]

“There’s the bit about how the tiny licensing tax pays for the court system that Microsoft uses to enforce its rights. Microsoft wants the Washington State court system to help it enforce their rights, but they don’t want to pay for that service”

You gotta be kidding me.
Microsoft pays more taxes in Washington State than any other company in that state. Payroll taxes from Microsoft employees, plus the taxes that Washington State has taken from all those millionaires and billionaires that Microsoft has created in that state, alone have been massive.
Like others have pointed out, its incumbent upon every corporate entity, to use every LEGAL means to pay as little taxes as they can.
Why on earth should Microsoft hand out more money than they should, to a bunch of tax and spend loony left crazies who govern Washington State, when the Governor herself, originally got “ elected” by blatantly stealing the elections in broad daylight, 5 years ago?

[antiRepublicrat]

Like others have pointed out, its incumbent upon every corporate entity, to use every LEGAL means to pay as little taxes as they can.

Thus the point of this article, whether or not it's legal. The tax man does not like it when you use a shell game to hide income. It's quite obvious that the Nevada entity is a shell.

Why all the sudden the compassion for tax cheats? Did Rangle and Obama's cabinet really change us that much?