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Microsoft president: Business leaders ‘remarkably united’ in opposition to state tax proposals
A coalition of Washington state business leaders released a letter Wednesday urging state lawmakers to reconsider recently proposed tax and budget measures, echoing concerns raised by Gov. Bob ...
Microsoft pledges $1M to new PAC in latest push against proposed taxes in Washington state
Microsoft is intensifying its opposition to proposed taxes in Washington state with additional funding. The Redmond, ...
WA Democrats back off wealth tax while pushing $12 billion tax increase
Moving away from a politically unpopular tax on the state's richest people, lawmakers float a different way to balance the ...
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UK may be planning to end the tax that Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and other American companies likely 'Hate', and the reason is
According to a report in Bloomberg, the UK Treasury is exploring various options for modifying the tax, based on proposals from ... The discussions follow US opposition to the tax during talks ...
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Microsoft president voices concern over WA tax proposal, warning of 'lasting damage'
in part because of this proposal,” Smith said at a GeekWire event Thursday for Microsoft's 50th anniversary. The new tax resembles Seattle's 2020 JumpStart tax, which is levied on large ...
Microsoft leads lobbying blitz to fend off WA wealth tax
To fend off WA taxes on businesses and personal wealth, Microsoft has spearheaded a lobbying campaign and pledged $1 million ...