Facebook Twitter Tumblr Close Skip to main content
A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center

Oil and Gas Company Tax Breaks

Q: What kind of tax breaks does the U.S. give to oil companies and to corporations that send jobs overseas?
A: Companies with overseas subsidiaries can keep their income untaxed by the IRS if they don’t transfer that revenue back to the U.S. Oil and gas companies received tax breaks and subsidies from a 2005 energy bill, but the bill led to a net tax increase for them.