US rushes to defend billionaires in tax leak

Stefan Mileschin · 10th June 2021, 08:08

It is all part of the service you are not paying for

The US government rushed to defend its richest people after details of how much tax they pay were leaked to news website.

Rather than being concerned that ProPublica published that Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett paid no tax in some years, the US government is investigating how that information leaked to the press.

ProPublica alleges Amazon's Bezos paid no tax in 2007 and 2011, while Tesla's Musk paid nothing in 2018.

A White House spokeswoman called the leak "illegal", and the FBI and tax authorities are investigating.

ProPublica said it was analysing what it called a "vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data" on the taxes of the billionaires, and would release further details over coming weeks.

While the BBC has not been able to confirm the claims, the alleged leak comes at a time of growing debate about the amount of tax paid by the wealthy and widening

https://fudzilla.com/news/53008-us-r...es-in-tax-leak

10th June 2021, 08:08	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,769	US rushes to defend billionaires in tax leak It is all part of the service you are not paying for The US government rushed to defend its richest people after details of how much tax they pay were leaked to news website. Rather than being concerned that ProPublica published that Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett paid no tax in some years, the US government is investigating how that information leaked to the press. ProPublica alleges Amazon's Bezos paid no tax in 2007 and 2011, while Tesla's Musk paid nothing in 2018. A White House spokeswoman called the leak "illegal", and the FBI and tax authorities are investigating. ProPublica said it was analysing what it called a "vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data" on the taxes of the billionaires, and would release further details over coming weeks. While the BBC has not been able to confirm the claims, the alleged leak comes at a time of growing debate about the amount of tax paid by the wealthy and widening https://fudzilla.com/news/53008-us-r...es-in-tax-leak

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