General Electric: 2010 profit=$10 billion Taxes=$0!
You’ve probably heard this by now. General Electric (GE) is paying no taxes in the US despite more than $10 billion in profits for the accounting year 2010! How can this be!? I’s earning a fraction (a tiny, little, minute fraction of the $10 billion to be clear) and I’m paying taxes!! US corporations are usually taxed [...]
Importance of Accounting for Investors
The importance of accounting for investors is huge! Accounting is the language of business. That is what management uses to ‘communicate’ performance to the outside world. However management often wants to communicate only favorable news and this communication is often ‘mis’ communication.