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Fortune 500 tax stats highlight importance of US reform

Matthew Gilleard
April 16, 2012
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A new report from Citizens for Tax Justice indicates 26 Fortune 500 companies such as Boeing, GE, Verizon and Duke Energy, paid no US federal income taxes in the last four years. While statistics like this will shock some, the biggest impact of this may be the push for tax reform.

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