View their tax departments as a profit center......?

NYT: G.E.'s (GE) Strategies Let it Avoid Taxes Altogether

uk.ibtimes.com

Lost in the current political fuss about lowering the corporate tax from "35%" is the fact that corporate profits as a % of GDP are at record lows in the U.S. With armies of accountants (many former government officials) and tax havens across the globe our largest corporate citizens play games...