I'm all for corporations and the wealthy paying their fair share of taxes, which they often don't.

However, revenue is not income and gains on investments are unrealized gains until you sell your shares and withdraw the cash.

If I'm reading Tesla's income statement correctly, they expect to pay something like $1.4B in taxes on $5.2B in income for 2025. Figures calculated using fuzzy pre-coffee math in my head and may not reflect any reasonable accounting standards