Astonishing assembly of data, from AP via the Daily Mail:

“Twenty-six big US companies paid their CEOs more last year than they paid the federal government in tax, according to a study released Thursday by a liberal-leaning think tank.

The study, by the Institute for Policy Studies, said the companies, including AT&T, Boeing and Citigroup, paid their CEOs an average of $20.4 million last year while paying little or no federal tax on ample profits, according to regulatory filings.

Astonishingly, nearly all of the the companies received a net tax refunds of up to $1billion. Others had a tax bill of $0.

On average, the 26 companies generated net income of more than $1 billion in the US, the study said.”