MSNBC MSNBC Live With Velshi and Ruhle December 19, 2019 18:39:00
However, this report found that nearly 400 companies paid a federal tax rate of nearly half of that, about 11%. 11.3%. the lowest average effective tax rates the institute has found. 91 fortune 500, 91 of the biggest companies in america, effectively paid no federal taxes in 2018, despite combined profits of $101 billion. this as the federal deficit reached nearly a trillion dollars in 2019, growing by 26%. 26%. over the previous year. joining us now is matthew gardner, a senior fellow at the institute on taxation one of the authors behind this report. i have to say, here's the thing, there's ...