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Symantec Inherits $1B Tax Bill From Veritas Acquisition

Ashlee Vance writes on The Register:

Symantec's purchase of Veritas could end up being much pricier than first imagined if the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has anything to say about it. The IRS has slapped Symantec with a $900m tax bill to cover allegedly insufficient payments made by Veritas in 2000 and 2001.

Symantec received word of the problem from the IRS on March 29 and revealed the matter today in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The $900m covers additional taxes, plus interest and penalties calculated during an audit of Veritas' books. A separate and unrelated audit of Symantec turned up a $100m incremental tax liability for the years 2003 and 2004, the company said. Symantec disagrees with the IRS findings and plans to fight both penalties.

posted by Fergie @ 4/17/2006 07:04:00 PM