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media mention December 19, 2012 The Street: Big Corporations Exploit Big Tax Loopholes
(Original Post) By Brian O’Connell 11/04/11 – 11:31 AM EDT NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Taxes are at the heart of the ongoing social debate in cities across the U.S., as… -
media mention December 19, 2012 RTT: Study Finds Many Corporations Pay No Income Tax
(Original Post) 11/4/2011 11:04 AM ET (RTTNews) – While many of the Republican presidential candidates have proposed slashing the corporate tax rate as a way to stimulate the economy, a… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Minnesota Post: New study sure to intensify political battle over corporate income taxes
(Original Post) By Dave Beal | Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 Best Buy faced a federal income tax liability of 39.3 percent for the three-year period of 2008-10 — above the… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Daily News and Analysis: 30 corporate giants paid no US taxes in 3 years: Report
(Original Post) Published: Friday, Nov 4, 2011, 15:52 ISTPlace: NEW YORK | Agency: IANS Thirty of the 280 most profitable US corporations, including General Electric, Verizon and Boeing, paid no… -
media mention December 19, 2012 AllGov: 30 Major Companies Paid No Federal Taxes Last 3 Years
(Original Post) Friday, November 04, 2011 According to the U.S. tax code, corporations pay a 35% tax rate on their earnings. But at least 30 of them paid zero federal… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Austin Statesman: An occupation with purpose, and peace
Editorial Board Updated: 8:57 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 Published: 8:34 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 We’re thankful Austin hasn’t experienced the violence that has plagued other offshoots of the… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Cult of Mac: Apple Among Few Tech Giants Paying ‘Fair’ Corporate Taxes [Report]
(Original Post) By Ed Sutherland (8:36 am, Nov 04) Don’t look for the Occupy movement to picket Apple. The iPhone maker is among just a few tech companies paying their… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Death + Taxes: Largest Corporations Paid Only Half Their Taxes
(Original Post) By Kevin Pinner Friday, November 04, 2011 Between 2008-2010, 280 of the largest corporations paid an average federal income tax of 18.5% despite the statutory rate being 35%.… -
media mention December 19, 2012 My Bank Tracker: Wells Fargo, PNC Hardly Pay Taxes
(Original Post) By Willy Staley Fri Nov 4, 2011 A new report on corporate tax rates shows that the financial services industry pays way less than its fair share. Citizens… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Memphis Commercial Appeal: Study on corporate tax ‘dodgers’ names Memphis-based FedEx, Int’l Paper
WASHINGTON — Memphis-based FedEx Corp. paid no corporate income taxes in 2008 and International Paper Co. paid none last year, according to a study by Citizens for Tax Justice and… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Economist: Focus: US corporate tax
(Original Post) Nov 4th 2011, 16:06 by The Economist Online The statutory federal income tax rate for big American companies is 35%. But a study by the Citizens for Tax… -
media mention December 19, 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Bay: Area firms among 30 not paying federal taxes
(Original Post) Andrew S. Ross, Chronicle Columnist Friday, November 4, 2011 More grist for the anticorporate mill. Thirty major U.S. public companies, including San Francisco’s PG&E Corp. and Wells Fargo… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Los Angeles Times: Dozens of big U.S. firms pay no income taxes, study finds
(Original Post) A report by two left-leaning advocacy and research groups concludes that a majority of companies surveyed paid only about half of the 35% corporate income tax rate over… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Huffington Post: Small Business Owners Ask Super Committee To Tax Big Corporations
(Original Post) Tyler Kingkade WASHINGTON — Outraged by a new report about America’s largest corporations dodging their taxes, small business owners are orchestrating a new campaign to pressure the congressional… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Huffington Post: Bailed-out banks paid no income tax in some years, according to study
(Original Post) The Center for Public Integrity By John Dunbar, iWatch News Posted: 11/4/11 11:01 AM ET Five banks that received federal bailout funds during the financial crisis paid no… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Baltimore Sun: Constellation and Occupy Baltimore, a tale of our times
(Original Post) PSC hearings draw out some of same issues as the occupy movement November 05, 2011|By Jean Marbella, The Baltimore Sun You might have seen the news footage of… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Chattanooga Times: EDITORIAL: U.S. taxes unfair on multiple levels
So the issue isn’t so much whether there should be taxes at all, but whether our taxes are spent wisely and according to the limits laid down by the U.S.… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Irish Times: Middle classes let out another shriek of pain, this time in DC
(Original Post) Saturday, November 5, 2011 LARA MARLOWE AMERICA: THE OCCUPY movement that started in the US seven weeks ago has been described as a shriek of pain by the… -
media mention December 19, 2012 The Business Insider: REVEALED: The 30 American Companies That Paid Less Than $0 In Income Tax Over The Last 3 Years
(Original Post) Linette Lopez | Nov. 6, 2011, 7:32 AM The corporate tax rate in the U.S. is 35%, but there aren’t many companies that end up paying that amount.… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Boston Herald: Study: Verizon pays no taxes
By Thomas Grillo Sunday, November 6, 2011 The union that represents Bay State telephone workers is blasting Verizon following a report that said the telecommunications giant has not paid a… -
media mention December 19, 2012 The Hill: Pentagon Notebook: Report shines a light on defense firms’ low tax rates
(Original Post) By John T. Bennett – 11/06/11 11:28 AM ET A new report has branded U.S. defense firms with a label that has become a political target, charging that… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Palm Beach Post: Rooney right to call and raise: Joins just two others in House delegation to reject ideology
By The Palm Beach Post Posted: 7:23 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 Dysfunction in Washington is so severe that stating the obvious counts as an act of courage. Three members… -
media mention December 19, 2012 The Berkshire Eagle: Disgraceful tax dodge
(Original Post) Updated: 11/07/2011 11:14:26 AM EST Monday November 7, 2011 If there is anything we should be able to agree upon in this fractured nation it’s that giant corporations… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Think Progress: Defense Contractors Pay Little To No Corporate Income Tax While Earning Billions
(Original Post) By Pat Garofalo on Nov 7, 2011 at 11:50 am Last week, Citizens for Tax Justice released a report showing that 30 major corporations have paid no income… -
media mention December 19, 2012 Reuters: Benefiting from taxes
(Original Post) Tue Nov 8, 2011 7:00am EST By David Cay Johnston Nov 8 (Reuters) – In a competitive market, economists argue endlessly about who bears the burden of corporate…