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The Happiest People in the World are Accountants and Lawyers

September 27, 2007 · 0 comments

Okay, so you know that’s not true.

But surprisingly, many accounting firms and a couple of law firms made Fortune’s List of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2007.

Google made the top of the list – so maybe it’s more fun to be a tech geek pulling in tons of dough – but also notable on the list:

Alston and Bird
Ernst and Young
Arnold and Porter
Plante and Moran
Nixon Peabody
PricewaterhouseCoopers – though I think they should lose points just for having such a ridiculously long name
Perkins Coie

And an honorary tax mention to:

Intuit (who I’m including despite the fact that their press and marketing company can’t ever get it together enough to respond to a couple of emails that I’ve sent)

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Tops

July 15, 2007 · 0 comments

Fortune 500 has released its list of America’s largest corporations. They are:

1. Wal-Mart Stores
2. Exxon Mobil
3. General Motors
4. Chevron
5. ConocoPhillips
6. General Electric
7. Ford Motor
8. Citigroup
9. Bank of America
10. American International Group

I thought it would be cool to compare this list with the top ten corporate taxpayers in the US. Unfortunately, that list was a little more difficult to come by. I did find this list from Forbes in 2004. It’s still a pretty good apples to apples. Check it out (the number in parethesis represents the effective tax rate):

1. Exxon Mobil (34.4%)
2. Citigroup (31.1%)
3. ChevronTexaco (41.8%)
4. Altria Group (34.9%)
5. Wal-Mart Stores (36.1%)
6. Bank of America (31.8%)
7. Microsoft (32.1%)
8. General Electric (21.7%)
9. American International Group (30.7%)
10.Berkshire Hathaway (31.7%)

Any surprises?

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