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<h1>By the Numbers: The Myth of the Overtaxed Corporation</h1>
 <p>It's an election-year staple: <em>The United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the world</em>. But the official tax rate is far higher than what corporations actually end up paying. How it happens:</p>  <p><figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/imports/04c0245e2cc44da68e80788c80c807a4.jpg"></figure></p>
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