Corporation Assets and Income
Relatively Few Corporations Have Most Income and Assets

  Returns Filed Net Income (less deficit) Total Assets
Number Percent Amount (thousands) Percent Amount (thousands) Percent
 
All Returns
5,135,591 100.00% 603,623,352 100% 49,154,424,202 100%
Corporations with Asset Size of
$250 million or more
10,989 0.21% 523,697,237 87% 44,244,445,826 90%
Corporations with Asset Size of
$2,500 million or more
1,896 0.04% 417,202,231 69% 36,839,631,626 75%

Source: Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income, Returns of Active Corporations, September 2004.
Latest available figures are for tax year 2001 based on returns with accounting periods ending July 2001 through June 2002 and
posted to the Internal Revenue Service Business Master File from the beginning of July 2001 through the end of June 2003.



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