The oil and natural gas industry makes many important contributions to the U.S. economy, but specifically:
How much do oil companies pay in income taxes as a share of their income?
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Through the survey, we see that people underestimate the amount that oil companies contribute to the U.S. economy through jobs and taxes, and overestimate the industry's profits. Only 9 percent of respondents knew that oil companies pay more than 40 percent in income taxes as a share of their income. And from 2005-2007, oil and natural gas companies paid $242 billion in taxes.
Also, in 2008, the industry earned 5.7 cents on each dollar of sales while the federal government, states and Indian tribes received about $22 billion from oil and natural gas production.
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