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Bill Gates. the world's fourth-richest person with a fortune of $144 billion, also found ways to reduce his federal income tax, according to Propublica. AFP
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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and currently the world's second-richest person, paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011, according to a new report by non-profit investigative journalism organisation ProPublica. EPA
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Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and the world's seventh-richest person with a fortune of $109 billion, has paid little to no tax over the years. AFP
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Tesla founder Elon Musk's income tax bill was zero in 2018, according to the ProPublica report. Mr Musk is the world's third-richest person with a net worth of $167 billion. AFP
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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's tax filings were included in the ProPublica report. With a fortune of $124 billion, he is the world's fifth-richest person, according the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Reuters
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Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros went for three straight years without paying federal income taxes, according to ProPublica. AFP
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Billionaire Mike Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, features in the ProPublica report, which found that the richest 25 Americans pay less in tax – an average of 15.8 per cent of adjusted gross income – than many ordinary workers. AFP
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With a fortune of $21.7 billion, activist-investor Carl Icahn' tax filings were included in the reams of Internal Revenue Service data that was given to ProPublica by an anonymous source. Reuters
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The tax data of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, who became a US citizen in 1985, is included in the Propublica report. Using perfectly legal tax strategies, many of the uber-rich are able to shrink their federal tax bills to nothing or close to it, the non-profit investigative journalism organisation said. AFP
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Bill Gates. the world's fourth-richest person with a fortune of $144 billion, also found ways to reduce his federal income tax, according to Propublica. AFP
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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and currently the world's second-richest person, paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011, according to a new report by non-profit investigative journalism organisation ProPublica. EPA
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Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and the world's seventh-richest person with a fortune of $109 billion, has paid little to no tax over the years. AFP
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Tesla founder Elon Musk's income tax bill was zero in 2018, according to the ProPublica report. Mr Musk is the world's third-richest person with a net worth of $167 billion. AFP
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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's tax filings were included in the ProPublica report. With a fortune of $124 billion, he is the world's fifth-richest person, according the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Reuters
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Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros went for three straight years without paying federal income taxes, according to ProPublica. AFP
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Billionaire Mike Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, features in the ProPublica report, which found that the richest 25 Americans pay less in tax – an average of 15.8 per cent of adjusted gross income – than many ordinary workers. AFP
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With a fortune of $21.7 billion, activist-investor Carl Icahn' tax filings were included in the reams of Internal Revenue Service data that was given to ProPublica by an anonymous source. Reuters
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The tax data of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, who became a US citizen in 1985, is included in the Propublica report. Using perfectly legal tax strategies, many of the uber-rich are able to shrink their federal tax bills to nothing or close to it, the non-profit investigative journalism organisation said. AFP
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Bill Gates. the world's fourth-richest person with a fortune of $144 billion, also found ways to reduce his federal income tax, according to Propublica. AFP
How the top 25 mega-billionaires in the US pay less tax than ordinary workers
By using 'legal strategies', billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, George Soros and Warren Buffett pay little to no tax, according to ProPublica report
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09 June, 2021
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