Whether or not the world’s wealthiest man pays any taxes at all shouldn’t depend on the results of a Twitter poll. A few points about Musk’s wealth and his potential tax liability are germane, however. That includes 73.5 million shares Musk is due from exercising 2012 stock options that expire at the end of August 2022. Just last week, Musk replied to Wyden’s criticism of his Twitter poll with an obscenely insulting tweet. Musk was waging war with Wyden’s tax proposal before staging his Twitter poll.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 09, 2021 10:48 UTC