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In US, dozens of big and profitable companies pay no federal taxes

A provision in the 2017 tax bill allowed businesses to immediately write off the cost of any new equipment and machinery.

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The report is the latest fodder in a debate over whether and how to revise the tax code

Patricia Cohen | NYT
Just as the Biden administration is pushing to raise taxes on corporations, a new study finds that at least 55 of America’s largest paid no taxes last year on billions of dollars in profits.
 
The sweeping tax bill passed in 2017 by a Republican Congress and signed into law by President Donald J Trump reduced the corporate tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent. But dozens of Fortune 500 companies were able to further shrink their tax bill — sometimes to zero — thanks to a range of legal deductions and exemptions that have become staples of the