Breaking: Meta just got caught classifying its AI data centers as "experiments" to dodge ~$4B in taxes

Here's how biggest companies avoid taxes:

1. Microsoft $Microsoft(MSFT.US): $18.7B total tax break, mostly from writing off data center buildout as depreciation before it wears out

2. Alphabet $Alphabet(GOOGL.US): $18.4B total tax break, $3.9B of it from selling products tied to its own patents and software overseas

3. Amazon $Amazon(AMZN.US): $17.4B total tax break, $6.5B of it from depreciation on its data center buildout

4. Meta $Meta Platforms(META.US): $13.7B total tax break, $3.9B of it from calling AI chip purchases "research"

5. Nvidia $NVIDIA(NVDA.US): $6.8B total tax break, $4.2B of it from selling its own chips overseas and claiming the export tax break

These 5 companies claimed $74.6B combined, more than a third of the $204B in disclosed tax breaks tracked for public US companies in 2025