▲ 380 ▼ Jeff Bezos will save over $600 million in taxes by moving to Miami (www.cnbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 133 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Daqu@lemm.ee 85 points 2 years ago (3 children) If I had 200 dollars and someone would offer me 60 cents for moving to Miami, I would not move. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (2 children) If someone offered me $600M to move to Miami, I would offer someone $300M to move to Miami and pocket the rest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago How long do I have to stay? I can buy someplace, lock the door and just be a shut in for a while. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BumbleBeeButt@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago Spock? permalink fedilink source parent [–] squiblet@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago I hear Miami is a pretty fun town to live in, but I haven't been there since I was 6 so I have no idea. I don't expect to ever visit given it's in Florida. permalink fedilink source parent [+] morrowind@lemmy.ml -10 points 2 years ago (4 children) He doesn't have a billion dollars in cash permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) His net worth is just under $200 billion. He could easily liquidate 1 billion of that to cash. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago The article states that he's planning to liquidate over $8B this year alone. I don't known what kind of drugs that other commenter is smoking. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago* He liquidated 12 million Amazon shares for approximately $2 billion last week. It's the capital gains on that sale that OP's article is referring to. Unless you meant cash, in which case you're probably right. I don't think his brokerage settled the sale with briefcases of $100 bills. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago This article is about selling $8B of shares... permalink fedilink source parent [–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago He just sold $2 billion in Amazon shares. So yeah, he has over a billion dollars in cash. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (2 children) If someone offered me $600M to move to Miami, I would offer someone $300M to move to Miami and pocket the rest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago How long do I have to stay? I can buy someplace, lock the door and just be a shut in for a while. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BumbleBeeButt@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago Spock? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago How long do I have to stay? I can buy someplace, lock the door and just be a shut in for a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squiblet@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago I hear Miami is a pretty fun town to live in, but I haven't been there since I was 6 so I have no idea. I don't expect to ever visit given it's in Florida. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] morrowind@lemmy.ml -10 points 2 years ago (4 children) He doesn't have a billion dollars in cash permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) His net worth is just under $200 billion. He could easily liquidate 1 billion of that to cash. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago The article states that he's planning to liquidate over $8B this year alone. I don't known what kind of drugs that other commenter is smoking. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago* He liquidated 12 million Amazon shares for approximately $2 billion last week. It's the capital gains on that sale that OP's article is referring to. Unless you meant cash, in which case you're probably right. I don't think his brokerage settled the sale with briefcases of $100 bills. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago This article is about selling $8B of shares... permalink fedilink source parent [–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago He just sold $2 billion in Amazon shares. So yeah, he has over a billion dollars in cash. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) His net worth is just under $200 billion. He could easily liquidate 1 billion of that to cash. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago The article states that he's planning to liquidate over $8B this year alone. I don't known what kind of drugs that other commenter is smoking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago The article states that he's planning to liquidate over $8B this year alone. I don't known what kind of drugs that other commenter is smoking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago* He liquidated 12 million Amazon shares for approximately $2 billion last week. It's the capital gains on that sale that OP's article is referring to. Unless you meant cash, in which case you're probably right. I don't think his brokerage settled the sale with briefcases of $100 bills. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago This article is about selling $8B of shares... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago He just sold $2 billion in Amazon shares. So yeah, he has over a billion dollars in cash. permalink fedilink source parent