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Yeah, what? Billionaires such as Bezos, Soros and others have zero income taxes for many years?

报告显示，刚刚夺回世界首富宝座的亚马逊创始人贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）在2007年和2011年的个人所得税缴纳额度都是零，而另外一位风云人物、一度威胁到贝佐斯地位的特斯拉创始人马斯克（Elon M

Yeah, what? Billionaires such as Bezos, Soros and others have zero income taxes for many years?

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Billionaires such as Bezos, Soros and others have zero income taxes for many years?\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\"> 腾讯美股  </strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-06-11 21:04</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p><i>The report shows that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who just regained the throne of the world's richest man, paid zero personal income tax in 2007 and 2011, while another influential man, who once threatened Bezos's status, Tesla founder Elon Musk, did the same in 2018.</i><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0cf632fb0288a721eb936e815f574640\" tg-width=\"1080\" tg-height=\"673\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">As we all know, the White House is currently brewing a wide-ranging tax increase plan for businesses and wealthy individuals, and a research report released on Tuesday will undoubtedly strengthen Biden's determination, because the report shows that some of the richest billionaires in the United States have hardly paid a penny in taxes in recent years.</p><p>This blockbuster comes from ProPublica, a non-profit organization in the news industry in New York. The report shows that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who just regained the throne of the world's richest man, paid zero personal income tax in 2007 and 2011. Another influential man, Tesla founder Elon Musk, who once threatened Bezos's status, did the same in 2018.</p><p>ProPublica did not disclose how they got these reliable tax data, but they emphasized in the report that some of the richest individuals in the United States \"pay income taxes that are completely out of proportion to their huge wealth, and sometimes don't even pay a penny of tax\".</p><p>According to the records of the IRS, many famous billionaires have had zero personal income tax for several years, such as Michael Bloomberg, a media tycoon and former mayor of new york who ran for president last year, CarlIcahn, a tycoon known as the \"Wolf King of Wall Street\", and George Soros, a legendary investor.</p><p>ProPublica explained that these billionaires did not commit any illegal operations when filing taxes, but they did adopt clever tax avoidance strategies, which were \"far beyond the reach of ordinary people\".</p><p>These people can pay less or even no taxes, largely because of the definition of taxable income in American tax laws and regulations-the appreciation of assets such as stocks and real estate is not regarded as taxable income, and the income is taxed only when these assets are sold.</p><p>Not long ago, the finance ministers of the Group of Seven just held a meeting and signed an agreement on the minimum threshold of 15% for the global corporate income tax rate-this motion is aimed at those lucrative multinational enterprises to force them to pay reasonable taxes.</p><p>There are many similar efforts. For example, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren initiated a motion to tax the super-rich, and the appreciation of their stocks and real estate should also be included in the tax scope, instead of only focusing on the sale proceeds as in the past.</p><p>Following the release of ProPublica's report, Warren commented on social media platforms; \"Our tax system has been manipulated in favor of billionaires who, unlike most working families, don't mainly earn their wealth,\" she called again. \"Now is the time to introduce a wealth tax in the U.S. and let those super-rich pay a reasonable tax on par with the size of their wealth.\"</p><p>ProPublica came to the conclusion after studying the data of the IRS on the tax filing history of the richest families for more than fifteen years. The report said: \"Overall, this also fully proves the cornerstone of the American tax system, that is, everyone pays a reasonable share, and those who are rich pay the most, which is purely false.\"</p><p>The Ministry of Finance and other government agencies are investigating how these tax materials were leaked. \"The unauthorized disclosure of trusted data from the federal government is illegal,\" a Treasury spokesman said.</p><p>Now, the question has been submitted to the investigator of the Ministry of Finance, the FBI and the federal prosecutor. \"They are all independent and authoritative agencies qualified to conduct investigations\".</p><p>According to the data, the taxable loss of investment reported by Bezos in 2011 exceeded his income, which means that he did not make money that year, but lost money. At the same time, he also received a tax benefit of $4,000 for his children that year.</p><p>None of Bezos, Musk, Icahn and Soros, among others, responded to media requests for comment.</p><p>A spokesman for Soros told ProPublica that Soros didn't pay personal income tax from 2016 to 2018 because his investment lost money. However, he personally supports a higher tax rate for the wealthy, which is also a position he has publicly stated many times.</p><p>Bloomberg and Icahn told the agency that they should pay a lot of taxes.</p><p>ProPublica found that if the Forbes list is the basis, the taxes paid by these rich people in most years are far less than 37% of their wealth increase, although the latter is the official formal tax rate they logically apply.</p><p>For example, ProPublica said that if their \"true tax rate\" was applied, then Buffett's tax rate from 2014 to 2018 was only 0.1%.</p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> source：<a href=\"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/snW4sHpxKwkdF5UnWJYbuQ\"> 腾讯美股  </a></p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0cf632fb0288a721eb936e815f574640","relate_stocks":{"AMZN":"亚马逊"},"source_url":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/snW4sHpxKwkdF5UnWJYbuQ","is_english":false,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1145348880","content_text":"报告显示，刚刚夺回世界首富宝座的亚马逊创始人贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）在2007年和2011年的个人所得税缴纳额度都是零，而另外一位风云人物、一度威胁到贝佐斯地位的特斯拉创始人马斯克（Elon Musk），在2018年同样做到了这一点。\n\n众所周知，白宫目前正在酝酿针对企业和富有个人的大范围增税计划，而本周二发布的一份研究报告无疑会让拜登的决心更加坚定，因为该报告显示，美国一些最富有的亿万富翁最近几年几乎都没有缴纳过一分钱税款。\n这一重磅炸弹来自于纽约的新闻行业非营利机构ProPublica，报告显示，刚刚夺回世界首富宝座的亚马逊创始人贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）在2007年和2011年的个人所得税缴纳额度都是零，而另外一位风云人物、一度威胁到贝佐斯地位的特斯拉创始人马斯克（Elon Musk），在2018年同样做到了这一点。\nProPublica并没有披露他们是如何得到这些可靠的税务数据的，但是他们在报告当中强调，美国一些最富有的个人“缴纳的所得税与他们的巨大财富完全不成比例，有些时候甚至一分钱的税都不缴”。\n根据美国国税局的记录，不少大名鼎鼎的亿万富翁都曾经有过若干年个人所得税为零的记录，比如媒体大亨、去年曾经参选总统的前纽约市长布隆伯格（Michael Bloomberg），有“华尔街狼王”之名的大亨伊坎（CarlIcahn），还有传奇投资人索罗斯（George Soros）等。\nProPublica解释说，这些亿万富翁在报税时并没有任何的违法违规操作，但是他们确实采取了高明的避税策略，而后者“远非普通人所能够接触到的”。\n这些人得以少缴税甚至不缴税，很大程度上也是靠着美国税务法规对应税所得的界定——股票和房地产等资产价格增值，并不视为应税所得，只有在这些资产卖掉时，才对所得课税。\n不久前，七国集团财长刚刚举行会议，签署了关于全球企业所得税率最低15%门槛的协议——这一动议正是针对那些利润丰厚的跨国企业，要逼迫他们缴纳合理的税额。\n类似的努力还有不少，比如民主党参议员沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）发起了对超级富豪征税的动议，要将他们持有的股票和房产增值也纳入课税范围，而非像过去那样只着眼于出售所得。\nProPublica的报告发布之后，沃伦在社交媒体平台上评论道；“我们的税务系统受到了操控，向着亿万富翁们倾斜，这些人与大多数工薪家庭不同，他们的财富主要并不是所得。”她再度呼吁；“现在是时候在美国征收财富税，让那些超级富翁支付与自己财富规模相当的合理税款了。”\nProPublica是在研究了国税局关于那些最富有家庭超过十五年报税历史的数据后得出的结论，报告称：“整体而言，这也充分证明美国税务系统的理念基石，即所有人都缴纳合理的份额，那些富有者缴纳最多，纯粹就是子虚乌有。”\n财政部和其他一些政府机构正在调查这些税务资料到底是如何泄漏的。财政部发言人表示：“联邦政府可信数据的无授权披露是违法的。”\n现在，问题已经被递交给财政部调查员、联邦调查局和联邦检察官，“他们都是独立的，有资格展开调查的权威机构”。\n资料显示，贝佐斯2011年报告的投资应税亏损超过了所得，意味着他当年没有赚钱，反而赔钱了。与此同时，他还因为自己的孩子在当年度获得了4000美元的税务优惠。\n贝佐斯、马斯克、伊坎和索罗斯等人都没有回应媒体发表评论的要求。\n索罗斯的一位发言人对ProPublica表示，索罗斯2016年到2018年没有缴纳个人所得税，是因为他的投资赔了钱，不过，他个人支持对富有阶层施以更高税率，这也是他曾经多次公开表明过的立场。\n布隆伯格和伊坎则对该机构表示，他们该缴纳的税金一分钱也不少。\nProPublica发现，如果以《福布斯》排行榜为依据，这些富人们在绝大多数年头当中所缴纳的税款都远不及他们财富增加额度的37%，尽管后者是他们逻辑上适用的官方正式税率。\nProPublica举例说，如果适用他们的“真实税率”，那么巴菲特从2014年到2018年的税率只有0.1%。","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"AMZN":0.9}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":1220,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":4,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"hasMoreComment":false,"orderType":2}