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Old 01-25-2015, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Chi-Town View Post
Not to worry. Tax breaks lower it WAY below 39%. Much closer to 12%.

Tax Break Pushes Corporate Taxes to Just 12.1% of Profits, Lowest Level in 40 Years - WSJ
And offshore loopholes lower it even further--even down to 1%. Check this out.

Mylan, Heinz among U.S. companies using Luxembourg for tax reduction | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

I'm all for lowering the corporate income tax rate if it will keep jobs in the US. But something has to be done about all the loopholes and end-arounds that enable these large corps to avoid paying taxes. They can be profitable and pay their fair share of taxes as well.
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