Exxon Mobil Corporation
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving, Texas 75039-2298
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February 28, 2008
Exxon Mobil Corporation
2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: EDGAR Document Control
Dear Sirs:
Transmitted with this cover note is Exxon Mobil Corporation’s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Except as noted below, the financial statements contained in ExxonMobil’s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K do not reflect any material changes from the preceding year resulting from changes in any accounting principles or practices, or in the method of applying such principles or practices.
| - | Effective January 1, 2007, the Corporation adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 is an interpretation of FASB Statement 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” and prescribes a comprehensive model for recognizing, measuring, presenting and disclosing in the financial statements uncertain tax positions that the Corporation has taken or expects to take in its income tax returns. Upon the adoption of FIN 48, the Corporation recognized a transition gain of $267 |