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opportunities for American corporations like Qualcomm, Safeway, and Microsoft. But large
Americans corporations use accounting gimmicks (most of which are, unfortunately, allowed
under current law) to make profits appear to be earned in tax haven countries. In fact, a 2014
CTJ examination of corporate financial filings found U.S. corporations collectively report earning
profits in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands that are 16 times the gross domestic products of
each of those countries, which is clearly impossible.
Hundreds of Other Fortune 500 Corporations Dont Disclose Tax Rates Theyd Pay if
They Repatriated Their Profits
At the end of 2014, 304 Fortune 500 companies collectively held a whopping $2.15 trillion
offshore. (A full list of these 304 corporations is published as an appendix to this paper.)
Clearly, the 28 companies that report the U.S. tax rate they would pay if they repatriated their
profits are not alone in shifting their profits to low-tax havenstheyre only alone in disclosing
it. The vast majority of these companies 247 out of 304 decline to disclose the U.S. tax
rate they would pay if these offshore profits were repatriated. (57 corporations, including the
28 companies shown on this
28 Companies That Likely Hold Profits in Tax Havens
page, disclose this
Unrepatriated
Estimated
information. A full list of the
Income $
Tax Bill
Implied
57 companies is published as
$Millions
Tax Rate
Company Name
Millions
Hertz Global Holdings
$ 475
$ 184
39%
an appendix to this paper.)
Owens
Corning
1,400
511
37%
The non-disclosing companies
Safeway
180
65
36%
collectively hold $1.56 trillion Amgen
29,300
10,500
36%
in unrepatriated offshore
Qualcomm
25,700
9,100
35%
profits at the end of 2014.
Gilead Sciences
15,600
5,500
35%
Accounting standards require
publicly held companies to
disclose the U.S. tax they
would pay upon repatriation
of their offshore profits but
these standards also provide a
gaping loophole allowing
companies to assert that
calculating this tax liability is
not practicable. Almost all
of the 247 non-disclosing
companies use this loophole
to avoid disclosing their likely
tax rates upon repatriation
even though these companies
almost certainly have the
capacity to estimate these
liabilities.
Wynn Resorts
Advanced Micro Devices
AK Steel Holding
Biogen Idec
Western Digital
Apple
Microsoft
Nike
PNC Financial Services Group
American Express
Oracle
FMC Technologies
Baxter International
NetApp
Symantec
Wells Fargo
Group 1 Automotive
Jacobs Engineering Group
Leucadia National
Clorox
Citigroup
Bank of America Corp.
Subtotal
412
349
27
4,600
8,200
157,800
92,900
6,600
77
9,700
32,400
1,619
13,900
3,000
3,200
1,800
17
26
171
186
43,800
17,200
470,639
144
122
10
1,550
2,700
51,615
29,600
2,100
24
3,000
10,000
492
4,200
896
918
513
5
7
46
50
11,600
4,500
149,951
NOTE: All figures are for the end of each company's most recent fiscal year.
Source: Most recent 10-K annual financial reports for each company
35%
35%
35%
34%
33%
33%
32%
32%
31%
31%
31%
30%
30%
30%
29%
29%
28%
28%
27%
27%
26%
26%
32%
Company Name
General Electric
Pfizer
Merck
International Business Machines
Johnson & Johnson
Cisco Systems
Exxon Mobil
Procter & Gamble
Google
Hewlett-Packard
PepsiCo
Oracle
Chevron
Coca-Cola
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Amgen
United Technologies
Abbott Laboratories
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Eli Lilly
Subtotal
Unrepatriated
Income $
Millions
$ 119,000
74,000
60,000
61,400
53,400
52,700
51,000
44,000
47,400
42,900
37,800
32,400
35,700
33,300
31,100
29,300
28,000
23,000
24,000
25,700
906,100
foreign earnings by more than $5 billion in the past year. These include Apple, General
Electric, Microsoft, IBM, Google, Oracle and Gilead Sciences.
A second reason for concern is that companies are aggressively seeking to permanently
shelter their offshore cash from U.S. taxation by engaging in corporate inversions, through
which companies acquire smaller foreign companies and reincorporate in foreign countries,
thus avoiding most or all U.S. tax on their profits.
Conclusion
The limited disclosures made by a handful of Fortune 500 corporations show that corporations
are brazenly using tax havens to avoid taxes on significant profits. But the scope of this tax
avoidance is likely much larger, since the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies with offshore
cash refuse to disclose how much tax they would pay on repatriating their offshore profits.
Lawmakers should resist calls for tax changes, such as repatriation holidays or a territorial tax
system, that would reward U.S. companies for shifting their profits to tax havens. If the
Securities and Exchange Commission required more complete disclosure about multinationals
offshore profits, it would become obvious that Congress should end deferral, thereby
eliminating the incentive for multinationals to shift their profits offshore once and for all.
Implied
Tax Rate
38.7%
36.5%
36.1%
35.8%
35.4%
35.3%
35.0%
35.0%
34.9%
33.7%
32.9%
32.7%
31.9%
31.8%
31.2%
30.9%
30.9%
30.4%
30.2%
29.9%
28.7%
28.5%
28.1%
28.0%
26.9%
26.9%
26.5%
26.2%
24.9%
23.2%
22.5%
22.2%
20.9%
20.4%
20.0%
19.8%
18.9%
18.7%
18.3%
17.5%
16.4%
14.6%
12.4%
12.1%
11.4%
11.3%
11.0%
9.8%
7.6%
6.4%
5.3%
4.7%
4.0%
3.7%
2.1%
1.4%
0.6%
28.7%
2014
157,800
119,000
92,900
74,000
61,400
60,000
53,400
52,700
51,000
47,400
44,000
43,800
42,900
37,800
35,700
33,300
32,400
31,100
29,300
28,000
25,700
25,700
24,880
24,000
23,300
23,000
23,000
21,400
20,529
18,037
18,000
17,226
17,200
15,600
15,400
15,000
13,900
13,200
12,500
11,800
11,800
11,200
11,100
10,400
10,300
10,000
9,900
9,700
8,600
8,600
2013
111,300
110,000
76,400
69,000
52,300
57,100
50,900
48,000
47,000
38,900
42,000
43,800
38,200
34,100
31,300
30,600
26,200
28,500
25,500
25,000
23,740
21,600
22,540
24,000
20,000
21,000
24,000
19,200
20,499
16,139
17,000
15,978
17,000
8,550
16,100
13,500
12,200
12,400
10,500
10,600
10,200
9,700
8,000
9,300
12,400
9,300
10,600
9,600
7,500
9,800
2012
82,600
108,000
60,800
73,000
44,400
53,400
49,000
41,300
43,000
33,300
39,000
42,600
33,400
32,200
26,527
26,900
20,900
25,100
22,200
22,000
20,980
16,400
21,690
21,000
17,500
19,400
40,000
19,700
17,977
14,504
15,000
13,179
17,200
7,250
14,800
11,600
10,600
10,300
8,000
9,300
8,100
8,600
667
8,000
11,900
7,900
8,100
8,500
7,700
9,500
State Headquarters
California
Connecticut
Washington
New York
New York
New Jersey
New Jersey
California
Texas
California
Ohio
New York
California
New York
California
Georgia
California
New York
California
Connecticut
Indiana
California
New York
New York
California
Illinois
Illinois
Arkansas
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
Delaware
North Carolina
California
Illinois
New Jersey
Illinois
Illinois
Ohio
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Colorado
Connecticut
New York
Nebraska
California
New York
Illinois
Texas
2014
8,500
8,440
8,300
8,200
8,100
7,900
7,700
7,670
7,541
7,500
7,364
7,300
7,300
7,100
7,100
7,100
6,700
6,600
6,400
6,300
6,121
6,100
6,070
6,045
6,000
5,894
5,878
5,874
5,700
5,200
5,100
5,000
5,000
4,910
4,900
4,900
4,900
4,850
4,773
4,683
4,677
4,600
4,600
4,485
4,400
4,300
4,200
4,200
4,200
4,200
2013
8,000
5,970
7,500
6,800
5,700
14,000
11,902
6,870
6,129
5,000
6,675
6,400
4,900
6,700
7,100
9,000
6,100
6,700
5,900
5,200
4,828
5,900
5,940
6,677
5,300
5,525
7,023
6,045
6,100
5,100
4,700
3,900
3,800
1,800
4,400
4,700
3,500
4,580
4,439
4,130
4,297
5,200
3,800
3,828
3,300
7,500
3,800
3,300
3,500
3,600
2012
8,300
5,420
6,700
6,300
6,400
11,900
11,041
5,540
4,300
4,400
7,191
5,600
3,200
5,500
6,300
8,300
4,400
5,500
5,200
4,300
3,754
2,600
4,270
6,022
4,300
5,278
6,232
4,620
5,200
4,700
4,500
3,476
2,600
1,100
4,400
4,300
3,300
4,170
3,902
3,575
3,209
8,000
3,300
3,084
3,100
6,600
3,300
2,400
2,700
2,800
State Headquarters
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
California
Wisconsin
California
Massachusetts
Texas
New Jersey
Colorado
New York
California
Connecticut
Michigan
Missouri
Illinois
Texas
Oregon
California
New York
New Jersey
Texas
Nevada
Arkansas
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Texas
California
Tennessee
Texas
Pennsylvania
California
Idaho
New Jersey
New York
Michigan
California
Maryland
Georgia
Illinois
New York
Massachusetts
California
Missouri
Michigan
California
New York
Massachusetts
Minnesota
2014
4,100
4,000
3,990
3,871
3,800
3,800
3,700
3,619
3,600
3,500
3,400
3,400
3,300
3,300
3,297
3,200
3,110
3,000
2,947
2,900
2,900
2,900
2,800
2,800
2,781
2,770
2,700
2,700
2,600
2,500
2,500
2,403
2,400
2,396
2,349
2,300
2,214
2,200
2,200
2,200
2,200
2,176
2,100
2,100
2,034
2,000
2,000
1,931
1,900
1,900
2013
4,400
4,300
4,040
3,074
3,200
3,100
2,900
3,619
3,300
3,300
3,100
3,400
3,100
3,500
2,533
2,800
2,977
2,500
2,813
3,200
3,500
2,600
2,700
2,700
2,427
2,700
2,300
2,200
3,800
2,500
2,100
1,980
2,400
1,973
2,220
2,000
1,960
2,100
1,900
1,900
2,200
1,899
2,000
1,900
1,602
1,700
2,600
1,585
1,700
1,500
2012
3,900
4,000
3,540
2,125
2,900
2,300
2,000
3,162
2,900
2,900
2,700
2,800
2,900
2,600
1,939
2,400
2,023
1,844
2,717
2,500
3,500
2,000
2,800
669
2,081
2,500
2,100
1,600
3,700
2,100
1,680
1,618
2,000
1,747
1,999
1,800
2,110
1,400
1,500
2,700
1,700
1,363
2,100
1,500
1,204
1,700
2,600
1,373
1,600
566
State Headquarters
Washington
Michigan
New York
New York
Texas
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Washington
California
New York
Georgia
Michigan
Georgia
New York
North Carolina
California
Virginia
California
New York
Ohio
Texas
California
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Arizona
Michigan
California
Ohio
Washington
New York
New York
New York
New Jersey
New York
Florida
New York
California
Washington
Minnesota
Michigan
New York
California
Georgia
New York
Texas
Kentucky
Illinois
Virginia
California
2014
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,723
1,700
1,700
1,642
1,619
1,600
1,600
1,500
1,490
1,400
1,400
1,385
1,360
1,300
1,300
1,300
1,300
1,280
1,265
1,239
1,205
1,200
1,200
1,115
1,104
1,100
1,100
1,032
1,019
1,000
1,000
995
977
969
965
900
894
890
853
851
835
830
826
2013
464
1,100
1,500
1,600
1,500
2,100
1,600
377
1,800
1,700
3,019
1,524
1,300
813
1,400
1,114
1,300
1,270
1,200
1,470
1,100
2,100
1,100
2,100
1,130
1,634
930
1,258
1,200
948
1,154
1,052
956
1,000
910
1,438
1,000
1,019
778
852
752
892
1,000
739
835
720
700
604
700
694
2012
226
628
5,500
1,400
1,400
2,100
1,300
248
1,500
1,600
2,959
1,279
1,000
577
1,000
866
1,000
1,210
786
1,590
1,100
1,800
935
1,800
1,008
1,580
762
243
1,100
707
664
911
815
1,900
933
571
992
985
604
797
583
915
603
771
683
8,400
902
750
565
State Headquarters
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Minnesota
New York
Texas
California
New York
Ohio
Texas
Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
Tennessee
Illinois
Oregon
Virginia
Ohio
Georgia
Virginia
California
Illinois
Florida
New York
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
New York
New Jersey
New York
Michigan
Missouri
Texas
Illinois
New York
New Jersey
Texas
Tennessee
Kansas
Rhode Island
California
California
Texas
Illinois
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
2014
825
800
800
774
770
750
740
739
737
733
712
711
693
679
666
658
647
602
597
595
595
581
578
567
560
544
511
508
500
488
487
477
475
469
464
416
412
403
391
384
370
354
349
345
345
331
331
329
328
321
2013
694
775
825
639
1,400
800
741
823
858
738
552
664
310
543
661
600
714
660
526
542
465
1,600
375
528
460
503
427
507
390
489
442
476
270
482
386
472
388
351
359
509
850
291
354
260
218
266
325
278
77
263
2012
629
851
580
2,500
850
561
723
728
595
382
817
216
496
471
544
755
694
324
493
347
1,700
24
385
400
446
396
407
291
473
544
474
507
326
451
334
230
94
420
800
293
386
196
105
161
346
172
52
248
State Headquarters
Iowa
Illinois
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Texas
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Illinois
Wisconsin
Georgia
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Michigan
Florida
New York
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Texas
Connecticut
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
Nebraska
California
Iowa
New York
Florida
Texas
Ohio
California
New Jersey
Illinois
Illinois
Florida
Nevada
Arkansas
Minnesota
Massachusetts
kentucky
Texas
California
Tennessee
Texas
Colorado
New York
Maryland
Minnesota
California
2014
307
293
291
267
266
245
245
240
231
217
216
216
204
196
194
186
181
180
180
175
171
163
150
133
118
112
111
110
106
103
96
94
88
80
77
67
66
58
58
32
32
30
27
27
26
25
17
15
14
14
2013
194
3,222
222
325
166
185
250
158
193
126
203
113
391
121
222
158
98
120
170
123
134
144
1,381
122
110
51
77
17
97
14
82
100
69
72
46
53
59
103
67
30
22
18
27
23
26
27
21
4
13
7
2012
215
2,286
211
343
74
160
200
123
189
93
187
338
122
177
146
51
85
1,300
131
137
1,415
116
98
36
71
150
76
11
66
100
65
64
40
54
98
64
33
25
24
22
26
34
13
14
107
State Headquarters
Utah
Texas
Maryland
Florida
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Georgia
Texas
Pennsylvania
California
Ohio
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
California
Wisconsin
Minnesota
California
Florida
New York
New York
California
California
Nevada
North Carolina
Michigan
Virginia
Pennsylvania
California
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Missouri
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Michigan
Virginia
North Carolina
Ohio
Washington
California
North Carolina
Texas
California
Texas
Connecticut
2014
12
5
4
1
2,149,307
2013
10
830
7
1
1,941,100
2012
10
2,700
19
160
1,742,059
State Headquarters
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Jersey
2014
2013
2012
Arizona
Avnet
Insight Enterprises
Arkansas
Wal-Mart Stores
Murphy Oil
Tyson Foods
California
Apple
Cisco Systems
Google
Hewlett-Packard
Chevron
Oracle
Amgen
Qualcomm
Intel
Gilead Sciences
Occidental Petroleum
Western Digital
eBay
Franklin Resources
Mattel
Agilent Technologies
Visa
Broadcom
Allergan
McKesson
Sempra Energy
Symantec
NetApp
Yahoo
Applied Materials
Avery Dennison
Ingram Micro
Walt Disney
Wells Fargo
CB Richard Ellis Group
AECOM Technology
SanDisk
Gap
Sanmina-SCI
Live Nation Entertainment
Advanced Micro Devices
Synnex
Reliance Steel & Aluminum
Clorox
Safeway
Electronic Arts
First American
2,770
80
2,700
72
2,500
64
21,400
6,045
403
19,200
6,677
351
19,700
6,022
230
157,800
52,700
47,400
42,900
35,700
32,400
29,300
25,700
23,300
15,600
9,900
8,200
7,900
7,300
6,400
5,700
5,000
4,850
4,485
4,200
3,600
3,200
3,000
2,900
2,700
2,200
2,100
1,900
1,800
1,300
977
969
581
544
477
349
321
216
186
180
150
133
111,300
48,000
38,900
38,200
31,300
26,200
25,500
21,600
20,000
8,550
10,600
6,800
14,000
6,400
5,900
6,100
3,800
4,580
3,828
3,800
3,300
2,800
2,500
2,600
2,200
2,100
2,000
1,500
1,600
1,100
852
752
1,600
503
476
354
263
203
158
170
1,381
122
82,600
41,300
33,300
33,400
26,527
20,900
22,200
16,400
17,500
7,250
8,100
6,300
11,900
5,600
5,200
5,200
2,600
4,170
3,084
3,300
2,900
2,400
1,844
2,000
1,600
1,400
2,100
566
1,300
1,100
797
583
1,700
446
474
386
248
187
146
1,300
1,415
116
2014
2013
2012
103
26
15
14
26
4
11
26
14
11,100
7,500
331
8,000
5,000
266
667
4,400
161
119,000
28,000
10,400
8,500
7,300
830
800
595
58
14
110,000
25,000
9,300
8,000
4,900
700
825
465
103
7
108,000
22,000
8,000
8,300
3,200
750
851
347
98
17,226
15,978
13,179
11,800
58
10,600
67
9,300
64
2,300
1,300
658
500
416
267
175
2,000
1,100
600
390
472
325
123
1,800
935
544
291
451
343
131
33,300
4,683
3,400
3,300
2,100
1,385
712
602
240
30,600
4,130
3,100
3,100
1,900
1,200
552
660
158
26,900
3,575
2,700
2,900
1,500
786
382
694
123
4,910
1,800
1,100
23,000
23,000
18,000
15,400
13,900
13,200
21,000
24,000
17,000
16,100
12,200
12,400
19,400
40,000
15,000
14,800
10,600
10,300
2014
8,600
7,100
4,677
1,931
1,500
1,300
1,100
900
800
737
679
578
469
464
266
67
2013
7,500
9,000
4,297
1,585
1,400
2,100
956
1,000
775
858
543
375
482
386
166
53
2012
7,700
8,300
3,209
1,373
1,000
1,800
815
915
728
496
24
507
326
74
40
25,700
3,800
23,740
3,100
20,980
2,300
825
511
694
427
629
396
1,000
1,019
985
2,000
1,800
370
2,600
464
850
2,600
226
800
4,773
894
329
291
4,439
739
278
222
3,902
603
172
211
11,800
8,440
7,700
4,600
4,200
835
567
384
10,200
5,970
11,902
3,800
3,500
604
528
509
8,100
5,420
11,041
3,300
2,700
902
385
420
18,037
7,100
5,878
4,900
4,300
4,000
3,400
16,139
6,700
7,023
3,500
7,500
4,300
3,400
14,504
5,500
6,232
3,300
6,600
4,000
2,800
2014
2,700
2,200
1,200
711
666
245
111
32
12
2013
2,300
2,200
948
664
661
185
77
30
10
2012
2,100
1,700
707
817
471
160
71
33
10
20,529
11,200
4,200
2,800
2,200
1,800
770
391
328
180
88
20,499
9,700
3,600
2,700
1,900
1,600
1,400
359
77
120
69
17,977
8,600
2,800
2,800
2,700
1,400
2,500
94
52
85
65
7,100
4,400
1,115
96
66
7,100
3,300
1,154
82
59
6,300
3,100
664
66
54
10,000
560
9,300
460
7,900
400
6,070
412
118
5,940
388
110
4,270
334
98
60,000
53,400
15,000
7,541
6,121
4,900
2,396
1,205
1,032
853
740
475
1
57,100
50,900
13,500
6,129
4,828
4,400
1,973
1,258
910
720
741
270
1
53,400
49,000
11,600
4,300
3,754
4,400
1,747
243
933
683
561
160
74,000
69,000
73,000
2014
61,400
43,800
37,800
31,100
24,880
24,000
10,300
9,700
8,300
7,364
6,300
6,000
4,900
4,600
4,200
3,990
3,871
3,500
3,300
2,947
2,500
2,403
2,400
2,349
2,214
2,176
2,034
1,800
1,723
1,300
1,239
1,200
1,100
890
851
826
647
508
331
171
163
2013
52,300
43,800
34,100
28,500
22,540
24,000
12,400
9,600
7,500
6,675
5,200
5,300
4,700
5,200
3,300
4,040
3,074
3,300
3,500
2,813
2,100
1,980
2,400
2,220
1,960
1,899
1,602
1,500
377
2,100
930
1,200
1,000
835
700
694
714
507
325
134
144
2012
44,400
42,600
32,200
25,100
21,690
21,000
11,900
8,500
6,700
7,191
4,300
4,300
4,300
8,000
2,400
3,540
2,125
2,900
2,600
2,717
1,680
1,618
2,000
1,999
2,110
1,363
1,204
1,400
248
1,800
762
1,100
1,900
771
8,400
565
755
407
346
137
17,200
3,297
1,265
194
112
30
25
17,000
2,533
1,634
222
51
18
27
17,200
1,939
1,580
177
36
34
2014
44,000
12,500
2,900
2,800
2,600
1,700
1,400
487
245
216
27
4
2013
42,000
10,500
3,200
2,700
3,800
1,800
1,270
442
250
113
27
7
2012
39,000
8,000
2,500
669
3,700
1,500
1,210
544
200
24
19
1,800
1,500
5,500
6,600
1,490
6,700
1,114
5,500
866
5,894
5,000
3,700
1,800
1,280
774
693
597
217
196
106
94
77
5
5,525
3,900
2,900
1,100
1,130
639
310
526
126
121
97
100
46
830
5,278
3,476
2,000
628
1,008
580
216
324
93
122
76
100
2,700
995
778
604
5,200
1,600
1,600
1,000
345
5,100
1,300
813
1,000
260
4,700
1,000
577
992
196
51,000
8,600
7,670
6,700
6,100
5,874
5,100
3,800
2,900
47,000
9,800
6,870
6,100
5,900
6,045
4,700
3,200
3,500
43,000
9,500
5,540
4,400
2,600
4,620
4,500
2,900
3,500
2014
2,000
1,800
1,700
1,619
1,104
1,019
965
750
595
488
354
345
293
231
17
14
2013
1,700
2,100
1,700
1,524
1,052
1,438
892
800
542
489
291
218
3,222
193
21
13
2012
1,700
2,100
1,600
1,279
911
571
850
493
473
293
105
2,286
189
13
107
307
194
215
3,110
1,900
1,642
1,400
1,360
110
32
2,977
1,700
3,019
1,300
1,470
17
22
2,023
1,600
2,959
1,000
1,590
150
25
92,900
4,100
3,619
2,500
2,200
27
76,400
4,400
3,619
2,500
1,900
23
60,800
3,900
3,162
2,100
1,500
22
8,100
2,781
739
733
204
181
5,700
2,427
823
738
391
98
6,400
2,081
723
595
338
51
2,149,307
1,941,100
1,742,059