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Tesla Chief Executive billionaire Elon Musk has launched a Twitter poll of his 62.6 million followers asking if he should sell 10% of his shares.&nbsp;</p>
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The vote, which closes later on Sunday, could see him dispose of $21bn worth shares in the world&rsquo;s leading electric car manufacturing company.</p>
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He promised to abide by the result of the poll, a response to a &quot;billionaires tax&quot; proposed by US Democrats.</p>
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By late morning on Sunday, with about 8 hours to go before the poll closes, 57% of the 2.8 million respondents had voted &quot;yes,&quot; according to a BBC report.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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Under plans proposed by the Democratic Party in the Senate, billionaires could be taxed on &quot;unrealised gains&quot; when the price of their shares goes up even if they do not sell any of their stock.</p>
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Musk has criticized the proposal, which would affect 700 billionaires.</p>
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In another tweet on Saturday, Musk said: &quot;Note, I do not take a cash salary or bonus from anywhere. I only have stock, thus the only way for me to pay taxes personally is to sell stock.&rdquo;</p>
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&quot;Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock,&quot; he tweeted.</p>
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The Tesla chief executive owns more than $200bn worth of shares and is due to exercise options next year that will boost his worth even further. But this will leave Musk with what he said would be a &quot;massive&quot; tax bill.</p>
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According to a Reuters report, Musk has an option, which expires in August next year, to buy 22.86 million Tesla shares at $6.24 each – a fraction of Tesla&#39;s closing share price on Friday of $1,222.</p>
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The poll has come in for some criticism as well. &quot;We are witnessing the Twitter masses deciding the outcome of a $25B coin flip,&quot; Venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya posted on Twitter.</p>
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&quot;Looking forward to the day when the richest person in the world paying some tax does not depend on a Twitter poll,&quot; Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman tweeted.</p>
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