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Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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It's not just corporate rates. Doubling the standard deduction is the most reckless thing that has ever been done to our federal tax code for individuals. The fact that I am going to pay an effective 15% this year on a $100k salary is absolutely insane.

Ish, this really benefits renters and penalizes property owners.

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Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

#52
post #11

Their efficiency is impressive. On an annualized basis, they are doing ~$120B. They have ~85k employees. That means they are generating ~1.5M Revenue Per Employee. That's crazy

Who is counted in the 85k number? Are low-wage positions (like janitorial services) considered employees, or are they employed through subcontractors?

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

#53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just corporate rates. Doubling the standard deduction is the most reckless thing that has ever been done to our federal tax code for individuals. The fact that I am going to pay an effective 15% this year on a $100k salary is absolutely insane.

Ish, this really benefits renters and penalizes property owners.

Not property owners, people with a mortgage.

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

#55
post #46

>Effective tax rate 11% Absolutely obscene. Literally their entire Net Income increase from $5.4b to $9.4b is due to a tax cut from 20%. We will be paying for this Republican tax policy for the rest of our lives.

Can someone without bias ELI5 on why I pay ~30% in taxes, but Alphabet pays 11%?

You can't afford to lobby politicians. Alphabet can.

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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Double EPS (non-GAAP) from $7.73 to $13.33... On the downside, effective tax rate is down to 11%. That's concerning because the EU is very unhappy about the whole "double Irish with a Dutch sandwich."

What does EU care about how much Google pays in US tax?

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

#57
post #11

Their efficiency is impressive. On an annualized basis, they are doing ~$120B. They have ~85k employees. That means they are generating ~1.5M Revenue Per Employee. That's crazy

Who is counted in the 85k number? Are low-wage positions (like janitorial services) considered employees, or are they employed through subcontractors?

Subcontractor

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

#58
post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US corporate tax rate is now more in line with the OECD average: https://taxfoundation.org/us-corporate-income-tax-more-compe...

But with just as many loopholes and ways to get around being taxed. Not sure what the tax rate even means if no one pays it anyways. Fixing our corrupt system is the real solution.

US tax system has very few loopholes. Double Irish / Dutch sandwich avoid EU taxes, not US. US tax on foreign income can be deferred - indefinitely - as it is only paid when the money is repatriated. But to truly avoid US corp tax is generally pretty limited (leasing IP from a foreign company etc).

For example: If US company X makes $100B in foreign income in 2017 and repatriates that income in 2019, they will book 0% tax paid in 2017.

Similarly, if X pays income tax to a foreign government they will receive credits for tax already paid - but due to accounting practices the US government will not count the credits when publishing the effective tax rate of X. That last point isn't germane to this particular article but it is something behind many of the 'Look at the low tax rate of X' articles you will see around.

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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post #24

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Maybe check Amazon's tax rate before "this Republican tax policy" went into effect prior to blaming low corporate tax rates on one party. If you think lobbyist-driven tax policy in America is ONLY done by Republicans, you should probably expand your reading beyond CNN / WashPo. You're right that the federal government that creates the tax policy is for sale, but it's not just the Republicans.

It's not just corporate rates. Doubling the standard deduction is the most reckless thing that has ever been done to our federal tax code for individuals. The fact that I am going to pay an effective 15% this year on a $100k salary is absolutely insane.

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Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

#60

>Effective tax rate 11% Absolutely obscene. Literally their entire Net Income increase from $5.4b to $9.4b is due to a tax cut from 20%. We will be paying for this Republican tax policy for the rest of our lives.

I don’t get the whole issue with low coporate taxes. I get why people should be taxed so as to reduce consumption and increase production, but a coporation is not a person, so why hinder their ability to further productivity and economic output? It’s redirecting money earned that could be used to further economic activity and redirecting it to the hands of some highly corruptable bureaucrat in public office given the responsibility to handle way more money than their pay-grade should allow. I understand if the government is hurting for money, they may have to reach into coporations, but fundamentally corporations should not be the primary source of government income (or else government would be even more beholden to coporations instead of citizens). Maybe I’m missing something here (and I’m totally willing to admit that), so if someone can enlighten me behind the rationale please do so.
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