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Published: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 9:24 AM Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 11:13 AM
By Tarryl Jackson | Jackson Citizen Patriot
CMS Energy was named one of the "Dirty Thirty" U.S. corporations that have dodged corporate income taxes, according to a new report.
The company was one of thirty corporations that collectively received $67.9 billion in tax subsidies over the 2008-2010 period, according to the Representation Without Taxation report by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Citizens for Tax Justice.
These companies spent nearly half a billion dollars to lobby Congress on issues, including tax policy, the report stated.
The last time CMS Energy paid federal taxes was 2008. That year, it paid $4 million.
CMS Energy received $481,200,000 in tax subsidies and spend $3.5 million in lobbying expenses in the 2008-2010 time period, according to the report.
Two other Michigan companies, DTE Energy and Con-way, were also on the list.