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News Release | WashPIRG and Citizens for Tax Justice | Financial Reform

Thirty Fortune 500 Companies Paid More to Lobby Congress than they Did in Federal Income Taxes

With the second anniversary approaching of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case – which opened the floodgates to corporate spending on elections – Washington Public Interest Research Group (WashPIRG) and Citizens for Tax Justice reveal 30 corporations that spent more to lobby Congress than they did in taxes.

News Release | WashPIRG | Financial Reform

WashPIRG Statement on the Introduction of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

“No company or individual should be able to game the tax system to avoid paying what they legitimately owe. And, yet, establishing shell companies in off-shore havens for the purpose of tax avoidance is becoming more the rule than the exception for at least 83 of the nation’s top 100 publicly traded companies."

News Release | WashPIRG | Financial Reform

Off-shore tax havens cost each WA taxpayer $390 extra this year

Major corporations, including Boeing, avoid a total of up to $100 billion each year in federal taxes by “off-shoring” the profits they make in the U.S. or by setting up sham headquarters in tax haven countries. As a result, Washington taxpayers are left to make up the difference.

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Some of the nation’s best-known companies — including GE, Google and Goldman Sachs — have avoided paying the taxes they owe, costing us $100 billion last year.

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