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What
were the benefits to Microsoft’s shareholders of using cash held overseas to
purchase Skype?
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Microsoft’s
effective tax rate on foreign earnings retained overseas appears to be only 4
percent. How this is possible given the corporate tax rate in most developed countries
where Microsoft earns profits from foreign sales are considerably higher?
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Why
does Microsoft continue to hold so much cash overseas, rather than returning it
to the United States? What do you think are the opportunity costs of holding
tens of billions of dollars in cash in foreign locations? What potential
benefits might accrue to Microsoft shareholders if it returned some of that
cash to the United States?
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Do
you think it is ethical for companies like Microsoft to continue to hold cash
overseas in order to avoid paying U.S. corporate income taxes? Is this practice
always in the best interests of the company’s shareholders?
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