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Question for you experts. Why did MS have to pay 1.5B in taxes? That seems excessive, especially with the smart lawyers and accountants they have and a lot of things being tax deductible for them. Is there some clever accounting happening there? I have noticed this in some companies financials where some of them pay a lot more in taxes (percentage and otherwise) than others.