Musk has criticized the proposal, which might have an effect on 700 billionaires and tax tradable belongings for long-term capital positive aspects, whether or not they have been offered or not.
see imagesMusk mentioned he would comply with the outcomes of the election, it doesn’t matter what.
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk requested his 62.5 million followers on Twitter whether or not he ought to promote 10% of his Tesla inventory in a ballot on Saturday. The world’s richest man beforehand mentioned he might face a “massive” tax invoice this 12 months as a result of he has to train a lot of inventory choices coming subsequent 12 months.
“Note, I don’t take any cash salary or bonuses from anywhere. I only own stock, so the only way for me to personally pay taxes is to sell the stock,” Musk mentioned on Twitter on Saturday.
“There has been a lot of unrealistic gains lately of being a tax avoidance tool, so I propose to sell 10% of my Tesla stock,” he mentioned, referring to the “billionaire tax” proposed by Democrats.
Musk has criticized the proposal, which might have an effect on 700 billionaires and tax tradable belongings for long-term capital positive aspects, whether or not they have been offered or not.
Musk mentioned he would comply with the outcomes of the election, it doesn’t matter what.
Having a tax evasion instrument has resulted in unrealized positive aspects these days, so I suggest to promote 10% of my Tesla inventory.
do you assist it?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2021
The ballot garnered almost 2 million responses within the seven hours it was posted, with 55% of respondents approving the supply to promote the shares. Voting is about to finish on Sunday round 3 p.m. ET (2000 GMT).
Musk’s stake in Tesla involves round 170.5 million shares as of June 30, and in line with Reuters calculations, the sale of 10% of his inventory primarily based on Friday’s closing would quantity to shut to $21 billion.
‘Stocks go down’
Musk has the choice to purchase 22.86 million shares at $6.24 every, in line with a Tesla submitting that expires on August 13 subsequent 12 months. Tesla’s closing value on Friday was $1,222.09.
In September, Musk mentioned he was prone to pay taxes on greater than half of the positive aspects from exercising the choices. He additionally dominated out the chance that he would take a mortgage along with his Tesla shares as collateral. “Stocks don’t always go up. They go down,” he mentioned on the Code convention.
In September, Musk mentioned he was prone to pay taxes on greater than half of the positive aspects from exercising the choice.
After Tesla’s inventory hit a file excessive in late October, some Tesla board members, together with his brother Kimbal Musk, pulled off a lot of shares.
Musk just lately mentioned on Twitter that he would promote $6 billion in Tesla inventory and donate it to the World Food Program (WFP), offered the group disclosed extra particulars about how he spent his cash.
His tweet raised some eyebrows on this planet of finance.
Venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya wrote on Twitter, “We are watching Twitter determine the outcome of the $25 billion coin flip.”
“Looking forward to the day the world’s richest person pays some taxes that doesn’t depend on Twitter polls,” tweeted Berkeley economist Gabriel Zuckman.
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Musk received upset with a tweet in 2018 about taking Tesla personal.
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