- MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor coughs up $40 million in a record-breaking tax evasion settlement.
- District of Columbia’s landmark victory against tax fraud sends shockwaves through the crypto elite.
- Saylor’s alleged 15-year tax evasion scheme exposed, raising questions about corporate responsibility in the crypto world.
MicroStrategy’s CEO and Bitcoin investor Michael Saylor has reached a $40 million settlement with the District of Columbia’s attorney general. This settlement resolves accusations that Saylor evaded paying over $25 million in income taxes. The lawsuit, filed in 2022, claimed that Saylor and his company engaged in illegal tax strategies for 15 years. This resolution marks the largest tax fraud recovery ever in the district’s history.
The lawsuit alleges that from 2005 to 2020, Saylor and MicroStrategy falsely reported his address to avoid paying higher taxes in the District of Columbia. Saylor instead allegedly claimed that he lived in Florida or Virginia, two jurisdictions with significantly lower income tax rates. The district’s attorney general argued that these actions amounted to a deliberate attempt to evade substantial tax liabilities…
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