# Cruises Ship Crews and COVID - 19

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/cruises-ship-crews-and-covid-19/55258>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [May 3, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/cruises-ship-crews-and-covid-19/55258 "2020-05-03T12:14:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/cruises-ship-crews-and-covid-19/55258/6 "2020-05-02T16:16:14Z")

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> [@Steamer](#):
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> All in all, not a bad deal for Carnival’s tax free bottom line.

Carnival?? The article says RCL.

> [@Cruise ship news](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/cruise-ship-news/51176/35):
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> Because of a loophole in the U.S. tax code, the companies that rake in billions of dollars each year selling cruises to Kid Rock fans and spring breakers pay no corporate income tax.

Maybe the fault lays with US law (and legalized corruption) not with the corporations (cruise lines, drilling contractors and others) that take advantage of the loopholes??

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