• Berkshire sent over $5 billion to the U.S. federal government in taxes

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    Buffett Says No Other Americans Would Have Had To Pay Even A Dime In
    Federal Taxes If This Had Happened

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    Berkshire sent over $5 billion to the U.S. federal government in
    taxes last year, Buffett says.

    He expects a higher tax rate to come into play, given the current
    high fiscal deficit.
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    The investment guru noted that Berkshire pays taxes at a 21% federal
    tax rate on the capital gains it earns on its Apple investment. The
    tax rate was at 35% not long ago and a steeper 52% in the past, he
    said.
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    He noted that Berkshire sent over $5 billion to the U.S. federal
    government in taxes last year.

    "If 800 other companies had done the same thing no other person in the
    United States would have had to pay a dime of federal taxes, whether
    income taxes, no social security taxes, no estate taxes."

    https://www.benzinga.com/government/24/05/38630925/buffett-says-no-other-americans-would-have-had-to-pay-even-a-dime-in-federal-taxes-if-this-had-happe

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