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That rate is lower than the tax rate in any of the countries in which the company does business. Governments worldwide have started to take notice of companies that shift profits for tax reasons. Microsoft gives away software to nonprofits, encourages employees to donate time and money to charitable causes, and sponsors educational programs. Those efforts, along with commitments to a diverse workplace and environmental stewardship, earn the company high marks in rankings that measure corporate citizenship.

In Washington state, the company has used its platform to encourage policymakers to boost funding for education and infrastructure. But when it comes to another inherent component of citizenship — paying the taxes that support those programs — Microsoft behaves as do many of its peers in corporate America: The company has worked to limit what it pays to governments.

Other Washington state corporate giants have also trimmed their tax bills well below the U. A spokesman attributed that to deductions and deferrals that account for big spending on development projects like the Dreamliner, among other items. Over the same period, Amazon.

Both companies are among the targets of a European Union crackdown on what regulators say are potentially unfair tax deals struck with local authorities in Luxembourg and the Netherlands. A Starbucks spokesman said the company disagreed with the EU assessment, adding that the company pays more taxes than the typical large U. Corporations and business-funded interest groups say the U. As companies grew global, he said, people have started to realize that a lot of money ends up, legally, subject to less tax.

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