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BP could reap billions of dollars in tax credits from oil spill settlement

AL.com -- BP, which caused the biggest environmental catastrophe ever seen on U.S. shores, may be poised to receive the biggest tax break in American history as a result of it.

The British oil company already has claimed $10 billion in tax credits from the 2010 disaster, caused when its Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

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GREED
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They still need the money.
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They need the money.
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More organized mayhem and pillage.....................
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I could hardly get past the 4th paragraph in the full article. W H A T ! No way Jose' ! We can drill in their place off our own shore and keep the crude for our own consumption! ; I
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Too many lawyers in DC...
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We are all going to pay for that.
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Hope not.
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This was a business disaster; not a business trip.
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something is seriously wrong if you can get tax credits for a disaster you caused.
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if holder is involved, the decision will b wrong
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With any luck at all Holder is on the way out.
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Hmmmmm.
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Pretty much sounds like BS.
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As a tax accountant I can tell you there are NO tax credits for fines and clean-up costs
But the clean-up cost are deductible as business expenses, just like any other business expense
Most fine and penalties are not deductible, I do not know that the Justice department can override tax regulation and allow the deduction of penalties on the corporations federal tax return
but with government bureaucracy etc who knows

[Edited by: txkrb at 10/19/2012 10:07:15 PM EST]
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That is just wrong!
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is this what they mean by " money for votes" ?
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Why don't we just bend over, while we're at it!!
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BP reaps the benefits? How is that possible???
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What's really sad is that folks either don't read the article or don't understand it. There are no tax credits! The administration controls if the payments are tax deductable, their choice. Now we see what this administration can do, why am I not too happy?
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sweet b jesus!
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There are still unfinished work to be done in the Gulf area. Make BP accountable.
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This is so wrong.
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THAT IS GOOD. THEY REALLY, REALLY NEED THE MONEY.
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another mitt rommeny pinch
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mmmm another mitt rommeny deal
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That's great. Screw up the environment and get paid for it!
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Somehow this appears as an article that says "We lose in the long run".

Someone say it ain't so!!!!!
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I hop it does not come from the USA!!
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hmmm
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This settlement must be the "investment" they keep talking about in their commercials.
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ok
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hm
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That's loop holes for you/
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big business always seem to win
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pay big fine and then get a tex credits to write off part of it. System is broken.
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The rich get richer
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The Election is less then 3 weeks away.
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Not frackin' fair. HEADS SHOULD ROLL!
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There you go you knew they would make out...
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The fact that they will get a credit for this is dumbfounding!!
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They should not be able to claim the losses if they were the cause of the loss in the first place. It dosen't make sense.
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another reason to hate bp even more!
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You guys just don't understand why you deduct expenses on taxes. If you make $100 and spend $40 to do it, you only pay taxes on the profit, $60. You don't pay tax on the $40 because you didn't get to keep it as income. It's INCOME tax, not money-I-saw-flying-through-the-air-nearby tax.
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They should not get it.
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This should go to all on the gulf that lost millions of dollars
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get rid of tax loopholes
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same old crap,the rich always come out on top!!!!!!!!!!!
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Untrue.
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That figures
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