Dozens of big U.S. companies paid top executives more than they paid in federal taxes, report says

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A new analysis of executive compensation arrives as President Biden pushes to hike taxes on corporations and the rich.

Top executives of dozens of major U.S. companies received more in their compensation packages from 2018 to 2022 than the businesses paid in federal taxes, according to a new analysis of financial data from the Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Tax Fairness .

For executives, the variable compensation represents about 90% of their pay.'IPS and ATF, a group that advocates for higher taxes on corporations and the rich, said the analysis includes only corporations that were profitable every year during the five-year span. The study relied on regulatory filings for tax data as well as compensation information for the top five executives at each company.

 

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