re: Increasing corporate tax minimum for EARNED income

Actually I have a lot of respect for the accountants that keep the numbers in the right columns. As an engineer by training, I considered 2 decimal point accuracy was close and accountants do a much better job of square balancing the numbers.

But management does look at the overall and moves the objectives of

capital exp booking slow down or speed up at end of year
booking raw material/product dispatch receipts forward/backward at end of year
Good will valuation
Subsiderary profit spreads to advantaged groups

My experience is with corporations with a market valuation of 30 billion and there is playing.