Another prank, which he is used to, or a real question?
Elon Musk asked in a post yesterday to his 62 million followers on twitter whether or not to sell 10% of his shares in Tesla, assuring that he will do whatever they decide.
The quirky and often impulsive boss of the electric vehicle industry seems to have in mind a new proposal by Democrats who want to impose higher taxes on wealthy businessmen by targeting their shares, which are generally only taxed when they are sold.
“There has been a lot of talk lately about unrealized profits as a tool for tax evasion, so I propose to sell 10% of my shares to Tesla,” Elon Musk wrote in a tweet.
“Do you agree?” he then asked twitter users in a poll asking them to vote “yes” or “no”.
“I will respect the result of this poll, whatever it is,” the billionaire added.
Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock.
Do you support this?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2021
Within the first hour of Musk’s post, 700,000 users had answered the poll and by about 23:00 last Saturday night, Greek time, the answers were about 55% in favor of “yes”.
According to Bloomberg, Musk owned about 17% of Tesla shares on June 30, with a current value of $ 208.37 billion.
With his stakes in other companies, Neuralink and especially SpaceX, Elon Musk is considered the richest man in the world with a fortune estimated by Bloomberg at $ 338 billion.
“Keep in mind that I do not receive cash or bonuses from anywhere. “I only have shares, so the only way for me to personally pay taxes is to sell shares,” the multi-billionaire wrote on Twitter.
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