For sure this is the subject of some very fine jokes or puns, but I can't quite come up with one for now. Maybe someone else will. IRS uses Excel to do book keeping?

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IRS uses Excel to do book keeping?

Sounds like they know the Austrian Social Democratic party too, when they used Excel to calculate votes on the new top guy... only to fail this task twice.

Tangent, the old glass brazier joke. Smash and grab.

Actually, this a technical and thorny issue regarding all companies that operate in several countries. For me companies should pay their taxes based on the revenues or profits they make in each country, but I know the problem is not that simple.

I know fully that politics are frowned upon here, me being one of those who always insisted on keeping political opinions out of the forums. I'll say only this. This situation has, and will have a political side to it, and there are voices discussing it on some platforms Boy, oh boy, that's hasn't anything to do with Nadella called before a judge to give testimony on how Google doesn't let MS have a slice on AI pie, has it?

Sounds like some congressional committee chairs are about to get some relatives jobs and some retirement consulting jobs.