A look at the world in numbers
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$2,900
Individual income taxes paid per capita in 2010
$4,500
Individual income taxes paid per capita in 2000
27
Percent drop in corporate income tax receipts since 2000
60
Percent increase in corporate profits since 2000
$3.1 billion
The amount Google has saved in taxes the past three years by shifting its foreign profits into offshore accounts
$90 billion
Estimated amount of federal tax revenue the U.S. loses to offshore accounts annually, revised up from $60 billion four years ago
$312 billion
The amount of money that corporations brought back into the U.S. in 2004 when Congress instituted a tax holiday in which corporations paid a tax rate of 5.25 percent instead of 35 percent
30
Times, the increase in mobile data usage expected in the next five years
40
Percent of smartphone use that happens in the home
Sources: tax.com; Bloomberg News; CnnMoney.com; Techland.com