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I can't access the article or the cache but here is Netflix's latest annual filing at the SEC https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/viewer?action=view&cik=1065280&a...

They made 1.2 billion in 2018 income before taxes compared to 485 million last year.

The corporate tax rate was brought down from 35% to 21% in 2018. So they should have paid 257 million in Federal, 33.6 in State and 63 million in foreign taxes

With the Federal and California R&D tax credits (140.7 million) and tax benefits on stock based compensation (191 million) and other odds and ends they brought it down to 15 million for an effective 1% tax rate. "In 2018, the difference between our 1% effective tax rate and the Federal statutory rate of 21% was primarily due to the recognition of excess tax benefits of stock-based compensation, Federal and California research and development credits (“R&D”), and updated adjustments related to U.S. tax reform as a result of the U.S. federal tax return filing, partially offset by state taxes, foreign taxes, non-deductible expenses and the international provisions from the U.S. tax reform enacted in December 2017."

Netflix has also deferred tax assets - easiest to think of as tax prepaid but could also include taxes paid to foreign countries, losses from previous years, etc.) of 689 million. So they counted the taxes against it.

In the cash flow stateemnt the supplemental disclosure is 131,069 for Income taxes paid. So there was actual cash tax payments made.