CNBC: Progressive group targets FedEx, Nike in campaign calling for higher corporate taxes

A report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says FedEx “zeroed out its federal income tax on $1.2 billion of U.S. pretax income in 2020 and received a rebate of $230 million.” The report says the lack of payments in taxes by some corporations is likely linked to historic tax breaks as well as Trump’s 2017 tax reform plan and certain elements of the coronavirus relief bill known as the CARES Act. Read more