At the very start of this year, Exchequer figures showed that the corporation tax take had recovered in December after showing signs of weakness through the autumn of 2023. As reported at the time, this was thanks to Microsoft, the only significant corporate taxpayer to make payments to Revenue in December. This is confirmed in documents now filed by the US technology group’s Irish subsidiaries for the financial year to the end of June 2023, with additional details on the reasons behind its growing tax contributions. The group’s three largest tax-paying entities in Ireland are Microsoft Ireland Operations, which books…