Article: Short takes.(The increase of $48 billion in defense spending in George W. Bush's budget proposal for 2003 is itself greater than the annual military budget of any other country. 13.5 million children--one in every five--are living in poverty in the United States. In the 1940s, corporations paid 43 percent of the federal taxes, and individuals paid 33 percent. In the 1990s, corporations paid 15 percent, and individuals, 73 percent)(Brief Article)

Article: Corporations paid no income tax
Oakland Tribune;  April 3, 2004 ;     450 words ... ... auditors found that 71 percent of foreign corporations paid no federal income ... the same time, 61 percent of American corporations paid no income tax ... corporations and 89 percent of foreign corporations paid less than 5 percent ...

Article: MAJORITY OF RICH CORPORATIONS PAID ZERO FEDERAL ...
The Journal Record;  July 18, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... half the nation's richest corporations paid no federal income tax in at ... average tax rate of 14.9 percent on earnings of $388 billion ... been taxed at the full 46 percent maximum corporate rate, their ... paid taxes averaging 3.5 percent of their $21.7 billion ...

Article: Business income taxes in Indiana: who pays?
Indiana Business Review;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... meanwhile, approximately 2.5 percent (1,000 corporations) paid almost 80 percent of the total corporate income tax ... percent of tax returns filed, these corporations paid about 83 percent of the total corporate income tax ...

Article: Change in Connecticut Rules Lets Webster Financial Corp. Off Tax ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... breaks. Forty percent, or 38 of Connecticut ... s 95 largest corporations, paid no corporate ... for-profit corporations paid the $250 minimum while 2,100 corporations paid no corporate ... currently at 7.5 percent, according to ...

Article: Companies doing well at avoiding U.S. taxes 2 out of 3 pay ...
International Herald Tribune;  August 14, 2008 ;     661 words ... ... four large U.S. corporations paid no taxes on revenue ... compared with 66 percent in the overall pool ... represented only 1 percent of the total number ... corporations but more than 90 percent of all corporate assets ... foreign-controlled corporations, paid no taxes from 1996 ...

Article: Privately funded campaigns encouraged Wall St. meltdown
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  September 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... II, U.S. corporations paid for more than 50 percent of the overall ... these same corporations paid 21 percent. Today, they ... less than 10 percent. Also, one ... most profitable corporations paid zero taxes in ...

Article: Just a third of all firms pay U.S. income tax New study includes ...
International Herald Tribune;  August 14, 2008 ;     697 words ... ... four large U.S. corporations paid no taxes on revenue ... compared with 66 percent in the overall pool ... represented only 1 percent of the total number ... corporations but more than 90 percent of all corporate assets ... foreign- controlled corporations, paid no taxes from 1996 ...