Tesla CEO Elon Musk
If the wealth tax, which is being debated in the U.S. Senate, is actually introduced, an analysis has found that the top 10 billionaires will pay more than half of their total tax revenue.
If the 'billionaire stance' promoted by the Democrats in the Senate is implemented, the Washington Post will be borne by 10 'super-rich' including Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. reported that tax revenue will reach 276 billion dollars, or 322 trillion won in our money.
Democrat Senator Ron Wyden's soon-to-be-introduced bill would tax billionaires at least 20% on unrealized gains on assets like stocks and bonds.
An analysis by Gabriel Zuckman, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, found that if a wealth tax were implemented, the tax paid by Musk, Bezos, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and "investment genius" Warren Buffett, and the top 10 wealthiest people, would be half of the tax revenue. appeared to be occupied.
Musk, who currently ranks first in assets, has to pay $50 billion or 58 trillion won in taxes on unrealized profits for the first five years after the law came into force, followed by Bezos with $44 billion and 51 trillion won.
Elon Musk tweeted about the wealth tax push, criticizing it as "the beginning of a stronger Democrat tax hike."
The Washington Post pointed out that it is difficult to rule out the possibility that the Supreme Court will put a brake on litigation due to bias in the Democratic Party's push for a wealth tax.
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