Dirty Corporate Tax Dodgers Infographic Sources
Disclaimer:
Information was based on publicly available data, but when you're trying to hide multimillion dollar profits from the US, sometimes companies don't want to share such information transparently.
Tax Rates & Revenue
- Gross Revenues, PreTax profits, and Federal income tax paid (current tax liability) based on data from SEC filings (company 10-k).
- Effective tax rate based on Current Taxes divided by pre-tax profits.
Lobbying & CEO Compensation
- CEO compensation based on SEC filings (company 10-k)
- Lobbying Data from Center for Responsive Politics http://www.opensecrets.org/index.php
- Chamber of Commerce: http://chamber.350.org/poster/
- Massey information: http://www.footnoted.com/my-big-fat-deal/blankenship-dont-cry-for-me-mas...
Costs to us
Homes:
- Foreclosure Data from RealtyTrac 2010 Foreclosure Market Report http://www.realtytrac.com/content/press-releases/2010-year-end-foreclosu...
Climate:
- Data from US Energy Information Administration
Health:
- American Lung Association Report: “Toxic Air: The Case for Cleaning Up Coal-Fired Power Plants” - March 2011 http://www.lungusa.org/assets/documents/healthy-air/toxic-air-report.pdf
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, “Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coal” - Dr Paul Epstein, Feb 2011 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05890.x/pdf