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pyvpx on Feb 16, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Verizon Reduces Yahoo Deal Price by $250 Million i...

they tried that, and all the tax experts they could hire said they'd still get a huge IRS bill.

utopcell on Feb 16, 2017 [–]

Not true: they tried to create an entity and move the Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba holdings in there, which had the perceived danger of a huge tax bill. They could create an entity to move the main business in, which would be taxed as much as the current deal.

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