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Some of America’s Biggest Corporations Pay Their CEOs More Than They Owe in Taxes
via truthdig:
How does a company like Ford, which did $139.4 billion in business last year, qualify for a tax refund?
In an effort to highlight the inequities of the corporate tax code, the Center for Effective Government and the Institute for Policy Studies did a study and found that seven of the 30 biggest corporations in the country paid less in taxes than they did to their top executives.
Ford’s Alan Mulally, for example, took home $23.2 million in the same year that his company got a refund of $19 million from Uncle Sam. ....................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/some_of_americas_biggest_corporations_pay_their_ceos_more_than_they_owe_in_
