What do the biggest US companies pay in taxes?
Tech giant Apple reserved $15.8 billion for income tax last year, making it the biggest taxpayer among US firms, which face one of the world's highest federal tax rates at 35%. Microsoft's income tax expense was $3.3 billion, while Google-parent Alphabet posted a $4.7 billion tax expense. Oil giant ExxonMobil which had $406 million tax benefit, effectively paid no taxes.