[maccard]

If you're paying dividends, you're not paying 40% income tax on that.

Microsoft employees are also paying 20-40% income tax remember.

[Grustaf]

Sure, so Microsoft still (not so) indirectly contributes to the tax coffers. But it's still pretty bad that the rich MS shareholders can benefit from schemes like these, while employees can't.

[maccard]

I'm not defending MS at all, but it's not correct to say "I'm contributing 40% plus corporation tax while Microsoft contributes nothing".

[Grustaf]

I'm not saying that, I'm saying the opposite. But perhaps you're referring to what someone else said.