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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 1385770, member: 22004&quot;]Good points.&nbsp; Various accounting methods are frankly Greek to me.&nbsp; I once thought audit rates were high enough so that none of the big boys could hide.&nbsp; Obviously I&#039;m mistaken; plus you have the legal tax avoidance that David Cay Johnston and the New York Times does a good job of covering.&nbsp; Apparently AIG scored a huge profit recently, no taxes, like GE.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Bending the Tax Code, and Lifting A.I.G.’s Profit&nbsp; |&nbsp; Last week, the American International Group reported a whopping $19.8 billion profit for its fourth quarter. It was a quite a feat for a company that was on its death bed just a little over three years ago, so sick that it needed a huge taxpayer bailout...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/morning-take-out-430/?scp=1&amp;sq=AIG%20taxes&amp;st=cse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/morning-take-out-430/?scp=1&amp;sq=AIG%20taxes&amp;st=cse" rel="nofollow">http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/morning-take-out-430/?scp=1&amp;sq=AIG%20taxes&amp;st=cse</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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