JAKARTA - Elon Musk, CEO of automaker Tesla, said on Sunday, December 19 via Twitter that he would pay more than $11 billion in taxes this year. This is the world's largest personal tax from the richest man on earth!
Earlier this week, the US Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Twitter that Musk should pay taxes and stop "exempting everyone" after Time magazine named him "Person of The Year 2021".
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As reported by Reuters, Musk responded by saying that he "will pay more taxes than any American in history this year".
For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2021
Musk is the richest person in the world and his company Tesla is worth around $1 trillion. Over the past few weeks, Musk has sold nearly $14 billion of Tesla shares.
This tax paid by Elon Musk, IDR 158 trillion, is very large for Indonesia. Just imagine the regional revenue of DKI Jakarta Province which is "only" IDR 69.943 trillion.
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