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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (76907)3/3/2000 8:35:00 AM
From: Freedom Fighter  Read Replies (2) of 132070
 
Don,

I happened to be reading the MSFT annual report last night and I decided to take a look at the option activity. It seems that they are granting fewer and fewer options per year these days.

Another thing that caught my eye was the size of the tax benefit due to options. We may have discussed this in the past but it was over 3 billion. Their tax bill slightly over 4 billion. So MSFT, and probably SUNW, ORCL, CSCO, and all the other high flying options granters are probably paying a lower tax rate than a lot of people that are living pay check to pay check. Of course they either have to buy back shares at those high prices or dilute, but the tax man sure isn't getting much.

Wayne
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