Toyota City, Japan-Based Toyota Motor Corp Reports Very Strong Dec 2017 Quarter ....................................................................................... Dec 2017 Quarter Sales Revenue Were Yen 7,102 Bil, Up 7% From Its Dec 2016 Quarter ..................................................................................... Gross Margin Up Dramatically: 17.3% in Dec 2017 Quarter, Up From 14.8% in Dec 2016 Quarter ....................................................................................... Dec 2017 Quarter Operating Profit Was Yen 674 Bil, Up a Very Impressive 54% From the Dec 2017 Operating Profit of Yen 439 Bil ....................................................................................... Dec 2017 Quarter Income Before Income Tax and Also Before Equity in Earnings of Affiliated Companies Was Yen 750.9 Bil, Up 28% From the Dec 2016 Quarter’s Yen 587.5 Bil ....................................................................................... And Dec 2017 Quarter After-Tax Net Income Before Equity in Earnings of Affiliated Companies Was Yen 846.8 Bil, Up an Incredibly Robust 103% or Up Yen 429.6 Bil From the Dec 2016 Quarter’s Yen 417.2 Bil (Whoa, What's Going On Here?) ....................................................................................... Well, It's All About the US Trump Tax Bill, It Tremendously Helps Foreign Corps Like Toyota and Honda Too ....................................................................................... OK, So Just How Much Does the US Trump Tax Bill Help Toyota's Dec 2017 Quarter Net Income? ....................................................................................... Let Me Copy Toyota Motor Corp’s Explanation Which Was Reported on Its Investor Relation Website “Net income attributable to Toyota Motor Corporation for the third quarter and first nine months ended December 31, 2017 include reduction in income taxes of 291.9 billion yen, which is mainly attributable to the reversal of deferred tax assets and liabilities resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 of the United States.” ....................................................................................... So, Now Let Me Explain What This Means in More Simple Terms? ....................................................................................... With the US Trump Tax Bill, Toyota Motor Corp Was Bestowed By US Taxpayers, Because They Are Completely Funding the Trump Tax Bill, a US Federal Income Tax Debt Forgiveness of Yen 292 Bil, or of US$2.7 Bil at the Current Exchange Rate of 1 Japanese Yen Equals US$0.0092 ....................................................................................... Yeah, So the US Trump Tax Bill Results in US Taxpayers Giving Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Foreign Aid To Thousands of Large Foreign Corporations ....................................................................................... Yeah, Donald Trump and the Republican-Controlled US Congress Has Pulled Off a Miracle in Effectively Privatizing the US State Department and Foreign Aid ....................................................................................... Toyota Motor Corp’s Dec 2017 Quarter Equity in Earnings of Affiliated Companies of Yen 123.8 Bil, Was Up Very Nicely By 38% From the Dec 2016 Quarter’s Yen 89.6 Bil ....................................................................................... Thus, Toyota Motor Corp’s Dec 2017 Quarter After-Tax Net Income Was Yen 970.9 Bil, up a Very Robust 91% From the Dec 2016 Quarter’s Yen 506.8 Bil