Tesla CEO Elon Musk Says He Will Pay Over $11 Billion in Taxes This Year

Musk is the world's richest person and Tesla is worth about $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 76,02,160 crore).

By Reuters | Updated: 20 December 2021 12:27 IST

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Says He Will Pay Over $11 Billion in Taxes This Year

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Musk previously revealed he would pay "more taxes than any American in history" this year

Highlights

Elon Musk tweeted his annual taxes for the year on Monday
Many of Musk's tweets have stoked controversy in the past
Elon Musk has sold billions worth of Tesla shares in recent weeks

Electric-car maker Tesla Inc's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Sunday on Twitter that he will pay more than $11 billion (roughly Rs. 83,690 crore) in taxes this year.

Earlier this week, Democratic US Senator Elizabeth Warren took to Twitter to say that Musk should pay taxes and stop "freeloading off everyone else" after Time magazine named him its "person of the year".

For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2021

Musk responded by saying that he "will pay more taxes than any American in history this year".

Elon Musk is the world's richest person and his company Tesla is worth about $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 76,02,160 crore). Over the last few weeks, Musk has sold nearly $14 billion (roughly Rs. 1,06,342 crore) worth of Tesla shares.

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In 2018, Musk settled a lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission over his tweet on taking the company private, agreeing to have the company's lawyers pre-approve tweets with material information about the company.

Tesla shares, which had hovered near record-highs, lost their value by about a quarter after Musk said on November 6 he would sell 10 percent of his stake if Twitter users agreed. He has since sold nearly $14 billion (roughly Rs. 1,06,800 crore) worth of shares so far.

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