The system is rigged against you and you are played by your favorite politicians against others in your state and abroad for not “paying your fair share” when the reality is that you should be paying nothing in federal income taxes. Yet, while many tell you they want to tax the rich, they always put in all sorts of loopholes for them to get out of paying taxes. Don’t get me wrong, I think everyone in the united States should avoid as many taxes as possible, but it is often set up to get you, the middle class. Recently, a report on Internal Revenue Service files reveals just how the world’s super rich are avoiding such taxes.
In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world’s richest man, did not pay a penny in federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.
Michael Bloomberg managed to do the same in recent years. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn did it twice. George Soros paid no federal income tax three years in a row.
ProPublica has obtained a vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data on the tax returns of thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people, covering more than 15 years. The data provides an unprecedented look inside the financial lives of America’s titans, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg. It shows not just their income and taxes, but also their investments, stock trades, gambling winnings and even the results of audits.
Taken together, it demolishes the cornerstone myth of the American tax system: that everyone pays their fair share and the richest Americans pay the most. The IRS records show that the wealthiest can — perfectly legally — pay income taxes that are only a tiny fraction of the hundreds of millions, if not billions, their fortunes grow each year.
Many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, amassing little wealth and paying the federal government a percentage of their income that rises if they earn more. In recent years, the median American household earned about $70,000 annually and paid 14% in federal taxes. The highest income tax rate, 37%, kicked in this year, for couples, on earnings above $628,300.
The confidential tax records obtained by ProPublica show that the ultrarich effectively sidestep this system.
It would be great if Mr. and Mrs. America first woke up to the fact that the vast majority are not even required by law to pay “income” taxes as the money they often earn is not even defined by supreme Court rulings as “income” and neither does it fall under the IRS’ definition of that. The second is for those who actually may owe an income tax is that they should be aware of these loopholes to retain as much as possible from what they have earned.
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Secret IRS Files Reveal how The World’s Super Rich Avoid Paying Taxes
Written by: Tim Brown
Published on: June 14, 2021
The system is rigged against you and you are played by your favorite politicians against others in your state and abroad for not “paying your fair share” when the reality is that you should be paying nothing in federal income taxes. Yet, while many tell you they want to tax the rich, they always put in all sorts of loopholes for them to get out of paying taxes. Don’t get me wrong, I think everyone in the united States should avoid as many taxes as possible, but it is often set up to get you, the middle class. Recently, a report on Internal Revenue Service files reveals just how the world’s super rich are avoiding such taxes.
ProPublica reports:
In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world’s richest man, did not pay a penny in federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.
Michael Bloomberg managed to do the same in recent years. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn did it twice. George Soros paid no federal income tax three years in a row.
ProPublica has obtained a vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data on the tax returns of thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people, covering more than 15 years. The data provides an unprecedented look inside the financial lives of America’s titans, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg. It shows not just their income and taxes, but also their investments, stock trades, gambling winnings and even the results of audits.
Taken together, it demolishes the cornerstone myth of the American tax system: that everyone pays their fair share and the richest Americans pay the most. The IRS records show that the wealthiest can — perfectly legally — pay income taxes that are only a tiny fraction of the hundreds of millions, if not billions, their fortunes grow each year.
Many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, amassing little wealth and paying the federal government a percentage of their income that rises if they earn more. In recent years, the median American household earned about $70,000 annually and paid 14% in federal taxes. The highest income tax rate, 37%, kicked in this year, for couples, on earnings above $628,300.
The confidential tax records obtained by ProPublica show that the ultrarich effectively sidestep this system.
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