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Symantec Faces IRS Claims For $1 Billion In Back Taxes
Dow Jones News Service (excerpt) ^ | April 17, 2006 | Michael Paige

Posted on 04/17/2006 6:05:24 PM PDT by HAL9000

LOS ANGELES (Dow Jones) -- Symantec Corp. said late Monday it has received notice from the Internal Revenue Service claiming that it owes $1 billion in additional taxes, mostly related to Veritas Software Corp., the storage-software firm it acquired for more than $10 billion last July.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: irs; symantec; taxes; veritas
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1 posted on 04/17/2006 6:05:26 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Rub it in...

;-)


2 posted on 04/17/2006 6:07:13 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
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To: HAL9000

The IRS is like a virus or a worm, maybe they can come up with a cure.


3 posted on 04/17/2006 6:07:15 PM PDT by The Republic is Lost
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To: HAL9000

Whoops! That's a bit of an oversight. Decimal point gets me everytime too.


4 posted on 04/17/2006 6:07:18 PM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: HAL9000

Maybe their taxes are late because of a virus on their computer.


5 posted on 04/17/2006 6:08:33 PM PDT by jdm (Screaming ALREADY POSTED! since 2004)
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To: The Republic is Lost
"The IRS is like a virus or a worm, maybe they can come up with a cure."
So you want attenuated IRS injected into you as a vaccine?
6 posted on 04/17/2006 6:09:48 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: HAL9000
Symantec sucks, they probably used one of their own programs to prepare their tax return, or something.
7 posted on 04/17/2006 6:16:00 PM PDT by Fido969 (It's all about ME)
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To: HAL9000

1B? One cool B? They better be kidding.


8 posted on 04/17/2006 6:18:19 PM PDT by battlecry
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To: HAL9000
IMHO, better than Symantec, and free too.
9 posted on 04/17/2006 6:23:22 PM PDT by upchuck (Wikipedia.com - the most unbelievable web site in the world.)
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To: Fido969
You may be right. They were probably running System Works 2006 and it screwed their computer up like it did mine. Maybe their tech support will know more about taxes than they did about System Works! Then again they probably only know about taxes in Bangalore.
10 posted on 04/17/2006 6:33:11 PM PDT by chickenlips
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To: HAL9000

Looks like Veritas is going to cost a lot. I hope they think it was really worth it.


11 posted on 04/17/2006 6:39:35 PM PDT by newzjunkey (America for Americans: No amnesty.)
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To: upchuck

I uninstall Norton on ALL my customers' computers, and install AVG free. People are always so surprised when I tell them that Norton is causing most of their problems.


12 posted on 04/17/2006 6:45:14 PM PDT by America_Right (Superman wears Jack Bauer jammies.)
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To: upchuck

Tell me about it. That still doesn't stop the goombas from the ITS dept. from trying to install it on my office computer everytime they do any work on it.

Bleh, been drinking tonight.. almost posted a long rant about how ITS is screwing up my life this week =P


13 posted on 04/17/2006 7:11:22 PM PDT by somniferum
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To: HAL9000

No wonder they keep asking to upgrade.


14 posted on 04/17/2006 7:31:56 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Proud soldier in the American Army of Occupation..)
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To: Mike Darancette

Their new "special" is $150,000.00 for a one year license.


15 posted on 04/17/2006 7:42:37 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: America_Right

Same here.I am computer illiterate,but the man who helps me out,that is the first thing he does.Uninstall Norton anti-virus,and install a real firewall.


16 posted on 04/17/2006 7:54:12 PM PDT by xarmydog
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To: upchuck

I'll have to give it a try. I'm using Norton, it does seem to slow things down. I also hate the renewal fee. You'd think they'd make it cheaper to renew over the internet. I've always gone to CompUSA, bought the update and saved $. Makes no sense, must really reduce profits.

McAfee was even worse. That came with one of my PCs and really bogged things down.


17 posted on 04/18/2006 4:41:42 AM PDT by nh1
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To: HAL9000

$1B - That's gonna leave a mark.

It was probably the AMT!!.. :)


18 posted on 04/18/2006 4:44:46 AM PDT by IamConservative (Who does not trust a man of principle? A man who has none.)
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To: upchuck

THANK YOU!!!!


19 posted on 04/18/2006 4:46:37 AM PDT by Toby06 (Make illegal immigration illegal!)
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To: Toby06
You're welcome!

IMHO, AVG is every bit as good, even better, than Symantec. And AVG runs very light and does not load down your system as much as Symantec.

Just remember to keep the virus definition database updated on a regular basis. I update every Fri evening, for sure, and usually at least one more time sometime during the week.

What are you running for a firewall?

20 posted on 04/18/2006 7:23:27 AM PDT by upchuck (Wikipedia.com - the most unbelievable web site in the world.)
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