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Documents Show Apple’s Tax-Break Quest for NC Site

Credit: AP Online

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RALEIGH, N.C. -

Newly released state documents show Apple Inc. told North Carolina business recruiters the state would have to change a corporate tax law to erase an advantage favoring Virginia if it wanted the technology giant's $1 billion server farm.

The state Commerce Department on Thursday made public some of its communications with Apple. The documents are edited to hide clues of the North Carolina site Apple is still considering.

The courtship that emails indicate began in September led the General Assembly late last month to change the way the state will calculate Apple's taxes. Apple announced it picked North Carolina for its East Coast data center early this month. The tax change could save Apple more than $300 million over 30 years.

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