United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation

  1. January 21, 2020

    Microsoft Ordered To Hand IRS Disputed Docs On Cost Sharing

    Microsoft's cost-sharing transactions with two subsidiaries were arranged to avoid income tax liabilities, a Seattle federal court has said in ordering the tech giant to furnish documents tied to the disputed transactions, which it had argued were privileged.

  2. November 15, 2016

    IRS Gets Briefs Barred In Microsoft Transfer Pricing Row

    A Washington federal judge on Monday blocked the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others from filing court briefs in support of Microsoft's refusal to release certain documents during an audit of the company's transfer pricing practices, agreeing with the Internal Revenue Service that the proposed briefs would effectively sidestep page limits.

  3. November 14, 2016

    Chamber Fights To Back Microsoft In Transfer Pricing Row

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hit back on Friday at the Internal Revenue Service's opposition to court briefs being filed in support of Microsoft's refusal to release certain documents during an audit of the software giant's transfer pricing practices, saying that its brief is neither duplicative nor irrelevant.

  4. November 07, 2016

    IRS Wants Briefs Barred In Microsoft's Transfer Pricing Row

    The Internal Revenue Service asked a Washington federal judge on Monday to bar the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others from filing briefs supporting Microsoft in the software giant's bid to withhold 174 documents in an audit of the company's transfer pricing practices, saying the briefs effectively sidestep Microsoft's page limits.

  5. September 13, 2016

    Microsoft Says IRS Can't See Docs In Transfer Pricing Row

    Microsoft urged a federal court to bar the Internal Revenue Service from trying to access 174 documents in an audit of the company’s transfer pricing practices, saying Monday that the documents contain confidential and privileged communications with tax and legal advisers.

  6. November 30, 2015

    Quinn Emanuel-Aided Audit May Spur Congressional Curbs

    With a Washington federal judge's reluctant endorsement of an unprecedented collaboration between Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and the Internal Revenue Service in an investigation of Microsoft Corp.'s transfer pricing practices, lawmakers could be pushed to prohibit private law firm participation in agency examinations.

  7. November 23, 2015

    IRS Can Enforce Quinn Emanuel-Aided Microsoft Summons

    A Washington federal court on Monday said Microsoft Corp. has to comply with the Internal Revenue Service's summonses of several current and former company executives, despite its concerns about the participation of lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.

  8. October 26, 2015

    Microsoft Says IRS' Use Of Quinn Emanuel Dooms Summons

    Microsoft Corp. on Friday reiterated its stance that it would be an "abuse of process" to allow the IRS to enforce summonses aimed at its transfer pricing practices, arguing that the use of legal heavyweight Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as a contractor violates the tax code.

  9. September 18, 2015

    Microsoft Says IRS Can't Enforce Quinn Emanuel-Aided Summons

    Microsoft Corp. urged a Washington federal court Friday to not enforce IRS summonses examining the company's transfer pricing practices, arguing the agency's hiring of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to assist with the proceeding violates the tax code.

  10. September 01, 2015

    Microsoft No Longer Wants More Discovery On Quinn Emanuel

    Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its request in a Washington federal court for additional discovery on a contract the Internal Revenue Service made with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to assist the agency's examination of the company's transfer pricing practices.