10%
by some creative accounting, apple paid the "horrifically" low tax rate of 10%. big deal. 10% isn't even low. -10% would be low. that's negative 10%. yeah. wrap your head around that one. i'd like a negative 10% tax rate please. so every time i make a house worth of profit, the government gives me a car. cause i'm such a great job creator. or something. in order for that to make sense, my product would have to be something we never want to have shortages of. like food. 49 or so of the fortune 500 companies get more in subsidies than they pay in taxes. and they don't grow food. they pump foreign oil and foreclose on homes. profitably. even without the subsidies, they'd still be the most profitable companies in the world. negative tax rate is really good work if you can get it.