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Re:How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control by alastair on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @05:39AM (#2165116)
"Wal-Mart paid 34 cents in taxes for every dollar of profit it made in the past three years."

[http://wgbhradio.org/News/Articles/2011/1/29/For_Many_Compan...]

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Re:How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control by Tichy on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @06:03AM (#2165157)
Still, profit is only what is left after the accountants did their job.
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Re:How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control by loewenskind on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @06:42AM (#2165230)
Funny that the articles uncited tax number only went back 3 years. What would happen if they went back more? http://www.ctj.org/pdf/walmart041607.pdf
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