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Mar282011

GE and the Art of Tax Avoidance

AuthorDavid Callahan


General Electric chief Jeffrey Immelt has become one of President Obama's favorite CEOs, appointed earlier this year to lead the White House's new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Leaving aside the problem that corporations like GE are helping fan the jobs crisis by eliminating U.S. jobs through outsourcing and technological innovation -- meaning that Obama's job czar has a clear conflict of interest -- Immelt has another problem: He doesn't seem to believe that corporations should pay taxes.

How else to explain the eye popping fact that GE declared $14.2 billion in global profits for 2010, including $5.1 in U.S. profits, yet managed to pay zero taxes. Not only that, but the company is claiming a $3.2 billion tax benefit.

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DateMonday, March 28, 2011 at 5:34PM |

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