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  • media mention   April 7, 2021

    (Ohio) ABC News 5: Three Ohio Energy Giants Haven’t Paid Federal Income Taxes in Three Years

    In fact, Akron-based FirstEnergy, Columbus-based AEP and Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy had negative effective tax rates, according to the report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit,…
  • media mention   April 7, 2021

    CEO Magazine: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Notably Backs Increasing Corporate Tax

    In 2020, Amazon paid an effective federal income tax rate of 9.4 per cent, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy,…
  • media mention   April 7, 2021

    Common Dreams: Will the United States Ever Become a Strong Nation for the Common Good? (Opinion)

    A new study reports that at least 55 of the biggest corporations paid a goose egg in U.S. income taxes last year — zero, nada — despite hauling in billions…
  • media mention   April 6, 2021

    Business Insider: Jeff Bezos says Amazon Supports a Corporate-tax Hike, Arguing that Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Will Require ‘Concessions from All Sides’

    After Biden’s plan was proposed last week, the Business Roundtable, an organization that represents CEOs of major US firms, issued a statement strongly opposing the tax increase as a way…
  • media mention   April 6, 2021

    BBC: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Backs Tax Rise on Companies

    Analysts say changes to those rules are likely to stir stronger opposition from businesses than the rise in the corporate rate, which many companies do not face, thanks to deductions…
  • media mention   April 6, 2021

    (Connecticut) Middletown-Press: Stamford-based Charter Communications Paid No Federal Income Taxes in 2020, New Report Shows

    The treatment of Charter and the 54 other companies “continues a decades-long trend of corporate tax avoidance by the biggest U.S. corporations, and it appears to be the product of…
  • media mention   April 6, 2021

    Bloomberg: Biden Tax Plan Seen Hitting Tech, Pharmaceutical Companies

    The provisions — part of the administration’s plan to finance a $2.25 trillion infrastructure package — mean that tech and pharmaceutical companies could lose many of the tax-planning tools that…
  • media mention   April 5, 2021

    NPR: Janet Yellen Proposes Bold Idea: The Same Minimum Corporate Tax Around The World

    The left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy notes that 55 big corporations — including Nike, FedEx and Duke Energy — paid no federal income taxes in the most recent…
  • media mention   April 5, 2021

    The Telegraph: Biden's $3trillion tax hikes find public support despite Republican resistance

    In 2017, then-President Donald Trump signed a new bill law that slashed the corporate tax rate from 35 per cent to 21 per cent. A report out this week found…
  • media mention   April 5, 2021

    CBS News: Dozens of Profitable U.S. Companies Haven’t Had a Federal Tax Expense since Trump’s Rate Cut

    More than two dozen large U.S. companies have made a collective $77 billion in domestic profits in the past three years without any expectation of having to immediately pay federal…
  • media mention   April 5, 2021

    Wall Street Journal: A 28% Tax Rate Will Cost Companies, but Not Equally

    Supporters say the tax increase cannot be looked at in isolation. Domestic companies and American workers stand to benefit from the Biden administration’s proposal to spend more than $2 trillion…
  • media mention   April 5, 2021

    Washington Post: Dozens of America’s Biggest Businesses Paid No Federal Income Tax Again

    Fifty-five of the nation’s largest corporations paid no federal income tax on more than $40 billion in profits last year, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and…
  • media mention   April 5, 2021

    Washington Post: Republicans Struggle to Defend Corporate Tax Windfall (Opinion)

    Corporations are hard-pressed to scream poverty. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found 55 big companies that paid no federal income taxes at all last year: “The tax-avoiding companies…
  • media mention   April 5, 2021

    Fiscal Times: Dozens of Major Corporations Paid No Federal Income Taxes in 2020: Report

    At least 55 large corporations paid no federal corporate income taxes in 2020, according to a new analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The companies in the…
  • ITEP Work in Action   April 5, 2021

    Louisiana Budget Project: Who Pays? Racial Injustice in Louisiana’s Tax System

    Historic and current injustices – both in public policy and in society more broadly – have resulted in vast disparities in income across race and ethnicity in Louisiana. Unfortunately, our…
  • media mention   April 5, 2021

    MSNBC: Many Corporate Giants (Once Again) Paid No Federal Income Taxes

    A couple of years ago, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released the results of a detailed study that found of the Fortune 500 companies, about 400 paid an…
  • media mention   April 5, 2021

    Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Company among 55 that Paid Zero Corporate Income Tax

    At least 55 of the biggest and best-known companies in the country didn’t pay federal corporate income taxes during their most recent fiscal year. That includes Pittsburgh’s 11th-largest public company.…
  • media mention   April 4, 2021

    Washington Post: What Americans Will Get from Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan (Opinion)

    In addition, a new report from the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy underscores how well corporations did over the last four years, with 55 big corporations paying no federal…
  • media mention   April 4, 2021

    The Joint Blog: Report: State and Local Cannabis Tax Revenue Jumps 58%, Surpassing $3 Billion in 2020

    According to a new report conducted and released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, tax revenue from state-legal marijuana sales rose significantly in 2020 to surpass $3 billion.…
  • media mention   April 4, 2021

    Washington Post: Republicans Draw a Blank on Basic Governance (Opinion)

    But one suspects that Blunt, Wicker and others are protesting this proposed tax increase because of the narrow portion of Americans for whom the 2017 cut did work: the wealthiest.…
  • media mention   April 2, 2021

    Financial Times: Biden Faces Clash with Business over Proposed Tax Increases

    Still, a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a think-tank, on Friday found that at least 55 large and profitable US companies paid no federal corporate income…
  • media mention   April 2, 2021

    Shelton Herald: Houston-based Kinder Morgan among Large Corporations that Didn’t Pay Federal Taxes in 2020

    Houston-based Kinder Morgan is one of the largest infrastructure companies in North America — and they’re among the at least 55 American corporations that paid absolutely nothing in federal taxes…
  • media mention   April 2, 2021

    Washington Post: The Daily 202: Biden Infrastructure Push Could Face SALT-y Democratic Challenge

    A report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that companies like Salesforce, Consolidated Edison, FedEx and Nike “were able to avoid paying any federal income tax for…
  • ITEP Work in Action   April 2, 2021

    Inequality.org: Sales Taxes Widen the Racial Wealth Divide. States and Cities Have Far Better Options.

    The public discourse over inequality and racial disparities has rightly shifted to how to dismantle structural challenges that create these gross inequities. Addressing racial disparities will require a concerted effort…
  • media mention   April 2, 2021

    Complex: Nike Hasn’t Paid Any Federal Income Tax for the Last Three Years

    Nike has made $4.1 billion in profits over the last three years but didn’t pay a dime in federal income tax for its earnings, according to new reports by the…
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