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- Amazon projected to pay 0 federal income tax, second year in a row https://theweek.com/speedreads/823590/amazon-pay-0-federal-income-taxes-second-year-row 5 comments
- Donald Trump: 'Of Course' I Avoided Paying Federal Income Taxes http://fortune.com/2016/10/09/presidential-debate-donald-trump-taxes-2/ 123 comments politics
- Did Donald Trump Just Admit He Doesn't Pay Federal Income Taxes? http://fortune.com/2016/09/26/presidential-debate-donald-trump-taxes/ 359 comments politics
- 45% of Americans pay no federal income tax http://www.marketwatch.com/story/45-of-americans-pay-no-federal-income-tax-2016-02-24 3 comments business
- 45% of Americans pay no federal income tax http://www.marketwatch.com/story/45-of-americans-pay-no-federal-income-tax-2016-02-24 66 comments politics
- Most Companies Pay No Federal Income Tax http://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-companies-pay-no-federal-income-tax/ 12 comments economy
- Wisconsin Watch: Do billionaires pay an 8% federal income tax rate? (NO) https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/08/do-billionaires-pay-an-8-federal-income-tax-rate/ 2 comments politics
- As an employer - do I pay FICA and Federal Income tax together? http://eftps.gov/ 4 comments tax
- WSJ - 45% of Americans don't pay federal income taxes; 44% of Americans receive entitlements http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748703791804575439732358241708.html 16 comments politics
- Why thousands of millionaires don’t pay federal income taxes https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/03/why-thousands-of-millionaires-dont-pay-federal-income-taxes/?tid=sm_tw 34 comments politics
- How a couple with 2 kids earning $300,000 in 2010 pays 10.67% of it in federal income tax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_spending_account 15 comments politics
- 47% of Tea Partiers Pay No Federal Income Taxes! - Business - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/04/47-of-tea-partiers-pay-no-federal-income-taxes/38924/ 31 comments politics
- Peter Thiel Will Pay Zero in Federal Income Tax on His $5 Billion in Gains https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/06/29/peter-thiel-will-pay-zero-federal-income-tax-his-5-billion-gains 86 comments politics
- Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal Income Taxes https://itep.org/amazon-in-its-prime-doubles-profits-pays-0-in-federal-income-taxes/ 21 comments worldnews
- Amazon pays no federal income tax for 2018, despite soaring profits https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-pays-no-federal-income-013134594.html 8 comments politics
- Democrats’ temporary tax cuts mean those earning under $75,000 will largely pay $0 federal income taxes this year https://www.masslive.com/politics/2021/04/democrats-temporary-tax-cuts-mean-those-earning-under-75000-will-largely-pay-0-federal-income-taxes-this-year.html 163 comments economy
- Boeing, Second Largest Federal Contractor, Pays No Federal Income Tax in 2013 http://foreffectivegov.org/blog/boeing-second-largest-federal-contractor-pays-no-federal-income-tax-2013 169 comments politics
- Amazon is under scrutiny for not paying federal income taxes. Here's how it got its tax burden down to less than $0. https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-amazon-reduced-its-federal-income-taxes-to-0-2019-8 8 comments politics
- Nearly Half of US Households Pay No Federal Income Tax http://www.moneytips.com/45-percent-of-americans-pay-no-federal-income-tax/198 13 comments economy
- NEWS: GAO Study Finds 34% of Large, Profitable Corporations Pay Zero in Federal Income Taxes https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-gao-study-finds-34-of-large-profitable-corporations-pay-zero-in-federal-income-taxes/ 4 comments economy
- Senate Democrats introduce the Buffet Bill, which would require millionaires to pay at least 30% in federal income taxes http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/01/senate-democrats-unveil-buffett-bill/ 484 comments politics
- Why don't Democrats argue: "The top 1% earn more than 20% of the income, but pay less than 5% of payroll and excise taxes?" Nearly an equal share of federal revenues as income tax. http://www.ctj.org/pdf/taxday2011.pdf 37 comments politics
- Single Father with normally 5-figure income, trying to pay Estimated Taxes (Federal and CA state) on stock shares I cashed out in the previous quarter. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/93rvt6/single_father_with_normally_5figure_income_trying/ 5 comments personalfinance
- 43% of the population pay no federal income taxes, down from 47% in 2010. Only two-thirds of that 43% pay payroll taxes, leaving just 14.4% of the population that pay no federal income or payroll taxes whatsoever. --Elliot F. Eisenberg, Ph.D. http://econ70.com/2013/12/17/taxing-discussion/ 126 comments economy
- The Government Accountability Office reports that most U.S. corporations pay zero federal income tax. Additionally, as even the Bush Treasury Department admitted, America's effective corporate tax rate is the third lowest in the industrialized world http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/141821 3 comments reddit.com
- Trump said in 2011 lower-income Americans should pay taxes to be 'part of the game,' though he paid nothing to the federal government for many years https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-taxes-poor-americans-should-pay-be-part-game-comments-2020-9 197 comments politics
- Many of America’s Most Profitable Corporations Pay Little or No Federal Income Taxes; Multinationals Pay Higher Rates Abroad Than in the U.S. http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2014/02/the_sorry_state_of_corporate_taxes.php 6 comments politics
- Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax -Recession, new tax credits have nearly half of US households paying no federal income tax http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nearly-half-of-us-households-apf-1105567323.html?x=0&.v=1?? 3 comments politics
- The Republican base consists mostly of states where large numbers of households pay no net federal income tax. They are the 47%. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/where-do-the-47-percent-live/non-payers-by-state/ 11 comments politics
- Report: Trump losses may mean he didn't pay taxes for years. Trump's business losses in 1995 were so large that they could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income taxes for as many as 18 years. https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-trump-losses-may-mean-didnt-pay-taxes-034038880--election.html 3 comments politics
- How much does Trump pay in taxes? It could be zero. " Trump, as a prominent and active developer, can take advantage of some of the most generous tax breaks in the federal tax code to reduce his reported income to near zero, or even report a loss." http://www.myajc.com/news/news/how-much-does-trump-pay-taxes-it-could-be-zero/nsfxx/ 11 comments politics
- REPORT: You Have More Money In Your Wallet Than Bank Of America Pays In Federal Taxes - “I have one dollar in my wallet. That’s more than the combined income tax liability of GE, ExxonMobil, Citibank, and the Bank of America. That means somebody is gaming the system.” http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/26/main-street-tax-cheats/ 528 comments politics
- Got the following warning while trying to pay FICA and Federal Income Tax (Form 941) as an employer: "Your payment has not been scheduled yet because: You are not enrolled for this tax form..." - full message below. Couldn't find anything on Google and was unable to contact them via phone. :/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tax/comments/m5zz75/got_the_following_warning_while_trying_to_pay/ 8 comments tax
- Congress to renew the 55 tax breaks that expired end of 2013, if passed would cost $700 billion over 10 yrs. The loophole enables GE & other corporations to avoid paying federal income taxes, to make it appear that profits earned in U.S. were generated in offshore like the Cayman Islands. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/j-david-cox-sr/congress-should-keep-ligh_b_5076404.html?utm_hp_ref=politics 35 comments politics
- Recently started a new part time job, and on my pay stub it says I only paid $.01 out of my paycheck for federal income tax https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/7uspjs/recently_started_a_new_part_time_job_and_on_my/ 114 comments personalfinance
- Two-thirds of corporations in America pay no federal income taxes: “I’m tired of people calling for shared sacrifice and it’s all coming from the workers and nothing’s coming from the top,” says protester Dave Sonenberg. “I’m sick of companies like Bank of America not paying their taxes.” http://www.thenation.com/blog/159503/when-illegal-doesnt-matter-us-uncuts-national-day-protest 320 comments reddit.com
- The "47% don't pay taxes" myth. "When state and local taxes are taken into account along with federal taxes, the poorest fifth of households pays about 15 percent of income in taxes; the next fifth pays about 21 percent." http://www.offthechartsblog.org/the-myth-of-the-non-paying-47-percent/ 3 comments economy
- U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders: “Instead of talking about cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, we must end the absurdity of corporations not paying a nickel in federal income taxes.” http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/the-right-way-to-make-a-federal-budget 1991 comments politics
- It’s claimed that the richest Americans pay a disproportionate share of taxes. These claims ignore federal payroll taxes, federal excise taxes, state and local taxes — focusing on just federal personal income tax. These regressive taxes take a larger share of income from poor/middle-income families. http://www.ctj.org/pdf/taxday2012.pdf 6 comments politics
- As the rich become super-rich, they pay lower taxes. For real.: "The IRS found that as you go from being merely wealthy (the 1 percent) to super-duper wealthy (the 0.001 percent), your average federal income tax rate actually goes down." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/04/as-the-rich-become-super-rich-they-pay-lower-taxes-for-real/ 2050 comments politics