Comprehensive Tax Project

Please review the Financial Statements and Supplemental Information for Exxon Mobil for 2015 provided below.

Provide excerpts and related commentary for at least 12 different tax related items found in the document.

For example, you could have Income statement impacts of taxes as one item and report the income statement tax amounts under that subheading. You would also provide commentary related to each entry. For example you might note that the 2015 income tax expense went up or down for the period.

You could also report on the balance sheet tax items. For example you could report on the deferred tax assets and liabilities.
You could report on any tax related contingencies that might be discussed in the MD&A Section.
You could report on the company's effective tax rate.
You could report on cash flow issues related to taxes.
These are just some examples of what you can report on.
Your paper should be at least three full double-spaced pages.

Please make sure to use sub-headings to denote each of the 12 items.

Your commentary should provide your thoughts and insights related to the excerpts from the items you chose to discuss. The commentary should be two to three sentences for each item.

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