Toddsterpatriot
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So how is it possible that a giant of American business, General Electric, paid nothing in federal taxes last year, even as it made billions in profit?It's weird, after losing billions, companies don't pay taxes. Durr.
GE Paid No Federal Taxes in 2010
It must suck to be you.
So how is it possible that a giant of American business, General Electric, paid nothing in federal taxes last year,
For those unaccustomed to the loopholes and shelters of the corporate tax code, GE's success at avoiding taxes is nothing short of extraordinary. The company, led by Immelt, earned $14.2 billion in profits in 2010, but it paid not a penny in taxes because the bulk of those profits, some $9 billion, were offshore.
$5.2 billion in domestic earnings in 2010.
How difficult is it to believe they lost more than $5.2 billion in 2008 and 2009?
And then when you add in the moronic green energy subsidies they're handed........