Off-Topic: Did Obama stick it to BP?
(Lake Martin Specific)
111,177 messages
Updated 6/4/2024 9:59:11 AM
Lakes Online Forum
83,648 messages
Updated 6/4/2024 11:24:11 AM
Lakes Online Forum
5,195 messages
Updated 5/31/2024 4:36:53 AM
(Lake Martin Specific)
4,171 messages
Updated 5/29/2024 10:51:34 PM
Lakes Online Forum
4,169 messages
Updated 4/15/2024 11:05:05 PM
Lakes Online Forum
4,261 messages
Updated 5/28/2024 6:31:10 AM
Lakes Online Forum
2,976 messages
Updated 3/20/2024 11:53:43 PM
(Lake Martin Specific)
169 messages
Updated 5/31/2023 1:39:35 PM
Lakes Online Forum
98 messages
Updated 4/15/2024 1:00:58 AM
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
water_watcher
-
|
Subject:
|
Did Obama stick it to BP?
|
Date:
|
8/12/2010 7:14:15 PM
|
|
Let us take a closer look at the effect on BP's finances:
1. BP will establish a $20 billion fund, but will pay only $7 billion into it during 2010.
2. BP is a British corporation, but has a very large operating entity in the US but only about 30% of it's income is derived from the US .
3. By Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), BP must book the entire $20 billion expense in the year accrued. Therefore, they will book a $20 billion expense in 2010, reducing their US tax liability by $7 billion.
4. Our dear leader also convinced this massive corporation to show their concern for the "small people" by withholding dividends to their shareholders for the last 3 quarters of 2010. This reduces their outward cash flow by about $7.5 billion, including approximately 40% of that amount to US citizens. Assuming that the Bush tax cuts will survive through 2010, the US Treasury will lose another $450 million in taxes on that amount. We won't even discuss the effect on the US economy.
Let us put the results into a table easily understood by most people:
BP Cash Flow:
o Escrow funding ($7 billion)
o Dividend saving $7.5 billion
o Tax savings $7 billion
o Net favorable cash flow : $7.5 billion
US Treasury Tax Receipts:
o BP Corporate income tax .... minus $7.5 billion
o BP Shareholders ..... minus $0.45 billion
o Net unfavorable tax receipts ..... minus $7.95 billion
Oh yeah ... Obama really stuck it to BP (NOT) .... he once again stuck it to the US tax payer. I guess we really should expect this. After all, our dear leader is the most inexperienced man in ANY room he enters.
This is just one more reason why a 'community organizer' should NOT be negotiating anything dealing with money and finances!
Bottom line: The $20 Billion BP is putting up will create a $7.5 Billion positive cash for BP flow this year. But, Obama actually "thinks" he really did something special and stuck it to them "kicked a $$" (his words).
In reality, BP executives are laughing at him while they thank him for suck a great idea to cut their tax burden and improve cash flow.
|
|