Microsoft profits soar to €800m

MICROSOFT Ireland Operations Ltd made pre-tax profits of€809.4 million last year and paid €88.99m in corporation tax to the Exchequer.

The profits for the year to the end of June 2009 show a dramatic 70% increase from the €477m which the company made in 2008.

Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd paid a dividend of €5,551.4m to its parent the Microsoft Corporation, according to accounts just filed with the Companies Registration Office. The company did not make a dividend payment in 2008 when it made profits of €477m.