Monday, November 20, 2017

US Brokerage Giant Morgan Stanley Paid US Federal Income Tax Rate of 0.7% in the Most Recent Five Years, 34.3% Below the Statutory US Federal Income Tax Rate of 35.0% ...................................................................................... The Free-Spending Trump Administration Reacts By Irrationally Trying To Force the US Senate To Lower US Federal Income Taxes on Large Corporations By Another 43% By Reducing the Statutory US Federal Income Tax Rate From 35.0% to 20.0% ...................................................................................... Since Goldman Sachs Paid a Substantially Higher US Federal Income Tax Rate of 31.6%, Perhaps Goldman Sachs Should Hire Morgan Stanley's Creative Income Tax Experts? Goldman Sachs Stockholders Have to be Very Disappointed With Their Company's Dismal Execution on Income Tax Strategy, Similar to How Ex-Goldman Sachs Executives Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn Have Performed on US Government Income Tax Policy ...................................................................................... Goldman Sachs Also Has $39 Bil and Morgan Stanley $12 Bil of Foreign Earnings They Will Be Able to Repatriate Cheaply Under the Trump Tax Proposal

Based on a review of their audited annual income tax and business segment footnotes filed with the SEC, below is the US Federal Income Tax Paid along with the related US Pretax Income for each of the most recent five years of the 2 US Giant Brokerage Firms:















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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

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Goldman Sachs     1,032       6,352
    1,116     3,359
    1,908     7,144
    2,589     6,794
    3,013       6,956
    9,658     30,605 31.6%
Morgan Stanley        330       5,694
       239     5,360
     (604)     1,805
       229     1,738
     (102)     (1,165)
         92     13,432 0.7%