Carl Levin actually said...

Could you sell from the United States without those kind of cost-sharing agreements with yourself?

Levin asks about Microsoft's ability to operate without offshore agreements.

09/19/2012

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Caterpillar reported most of the sales income on its U.S. tax return, international parts sales income on its tax return.

And would any reasonable business have entered into the type of exchange that occurred here?

Did the tax strategy relate to parts? That is my question.

I am not talking about that. I am asking about inventory systems.