TABLE 1.2

WESTERN STATES CORPORATE TAX PARAMETERS

1995

(1)(2)(3)(4)(4)
TAX TAXMINIMUMOPERATINGOPERATING
RATESHARETAXLOSSLOSS
STATE(1995)BACKFORWARD
(1)
ARIZONA9.00%4.1%$5005
CALIFORNIA8.84%11.4%$800 (2)05
COLORADO5.00%4.0%$0015
IDAHO8.00%6.4%$20315
$100,000 limit
MONTANA6.75%9.4%$5037
(no sales tax)(over$335,000)
NEW MEXICO7.60%3.1%$005
(over$1 million)
OREGON6.60%5.3%$10015
(no sales tax)
UTAH5.00%5.3%$100315
$1,000,000 limit
AVERAGE6.85%5.4%$331.311.0
1 Ratio of corporate to total tax collections. U.S. Dept. of the Census: Statitistical abstract, 1997, Table 493
2 Alternative minimum tax also.