On paper, Microsofts facility in Puerto Rico was wildly profitable. With just 177 workers, the plant recorded $4 billion in earnings in 2011, a Senate investigation found.
The gimmick was entirely legal. According to the Senates report, the software companys lawyers were channeling its profits from sales all over the country through the Puerto Rican operation, getting Microsoft out of about $1.5 billion in taxes a year.
It was the kind of scheme that designers of congressional Republicans tax proposal hope to eliminate. The vast sums Microsoft saved hint at how much money is at stake for corporations that rely on similar strategies to reduce their taxes, whoch are especially common among technology firms and other companies with valuable brands, patents and copyrights.
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