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15 Companies That Paid Zero Income Tax Last Year (Despite $23 Billion In Profits).

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday April 14 2015, @11:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the wish-we-were-in-the-one-percent dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Due to completely messed up U.S. tax policies, some even got a rebate check. Only small businesses pay taxes. Big companies often pay nothing at all.

Look at a new report from Citizens for Tax Justice ( http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2015/04/fifteen_of_many_reasons_why_we_need_corporate_tax_reform.php#.VSbihhPF8QY ), a Washington, D.C. group. It finds that some of nation's most famous brands have paid remarkably little to the government over the last five years. In fact, many actually enjoyed a negative tax rate: They received a nice rebate check from the U.S. Treasury.

The 15 giants highlighted by CTJ were chosen to represent a wide range of industries among Fortune 500 companies. They include CBS, Mattel, Prudential, and the California utility PG&E. Together, they paid no federal income tax in 2014, despite profits totaling $23 billion. CTJ's point is that these companies are not anomalies, they are examples.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3044873/15-companies-that-paid-zero-income-tax-last-year-despite-23-billion-in-profits

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Tuesday April 14 2015, @11:38PM

    by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Tuesday April 14 2015, @11:38PM (#170633) Journal

    > Popularly attributed to Benito Mussolini

    Pretty sure it was William Shatner.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 15 2015, @12:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 15 2015, @12:57PM (#170930)

    Is this a new meme?

    • (Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Wednesday April 15 2015, @03:01PM

      by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Wednesday April 15 2015, @03:01PM (#170985) Journal

      I'm working on it.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 15 2015, @09:56PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 15 2015, @09:56PM (#171195)

        "Please shoot yourself" - Wilson Shatner

    • (Score: 2) by JeanCroix on Wednesday April 15 2015, @04:22PM

      by JeanCroix (573) on Wednesday April 15 2015, @04:22PM (#171042)
      Nope. Just Chuck Testa.