Big 2 US Chemical Cos (DuPont and Dow Chemical) Total US Federal Effective Tax Rate Paid In Most Recent Five Years Was Only 15.3%, 19.7% Below the US Federal Statutory Tax Rate of 35.0% ...................................................................................... At Dec 31, 2016, DuPont Also Had $17.4 Bil and Dow Chemical Had $18.7 Bil of Foreign Earnings They Will Both Be Able to Repatriate Cheaply Under the Trump Tax Proposal

Based on a review of their audited annual income tax footnotes filed with the SEC, below are the US Federal Income Tax Paid along with the US Pretax Income of both of the Big 2 US Chemical Companies:

																Total	Total
																5 Years	5 Years	5 Years
	2016	2016		2015	2015		2014	2014		2013	2013		2012	2012		2012-16	2012-16	2012-16
	US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US	Effective
	Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax	US Tax
	Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income	Rate Paid
	mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s
DuPont	40	1,457		218	1,397		656	2,537		160	962		121	640		1,195	6,993	17.1%
Dow Chemical	91	485		583	5,313		(161)	1,652		805	3,979		241	(401)		1,559	11,028	14.1%
Total	131	1,942		801	6,710		495	4,189		965	4,941		362	239		2,754	18,021	15.3%