boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSince Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, firm reportedly lost 72% of its valuearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1702arrow-down133cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1669arrow-down1external-linkSince Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, firm reportedly lost 72% of its valuearstechnica.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square92fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareMonomate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoIf the company’s private, which means its stocks are not tradeable anymore, what’s the point in measuring the company value at this point?
minus-squaregoatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year ago@Monomate @boem Because he owes the banks a shedload of money which he may have to start paying back if the value drops too much.
minus-squaresilvercove@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoBanks who loaned Elon money hold a bunch of Twitter stock. They want to eventually cash out.
minus-squaretech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoCan these measurements be used as losses to offset taxes?
minus-squareruneko@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoTypically, losses in one year can be used to offset profits in following years, but not indefinitely… maybe three years tops IIRC. But that would mean the company would have to become very, very profitable profitable, which is doubtful.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThey changed the rules under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act and losses can be carried forward indefinitely.
minus-squareMarxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYup of course they fucking did. Can’t have corporations paying their fair shares after all, that’s a concept as ridiculous as cold fire.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoRegulatory capture is awesome, isn’t it?
minus-squaresneakattack@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoBecause the money still comes from investors even if it’s not publicly traded.
If the company’s private, which means its stocks are not tradeable anymore, what’s the point in measuring the company value at this point?
@Monomate @boem Because he owes the banks a shedload of money which he may have to start paying back if the value drops too much.
Banks who loaned Elon money hold a bunch of Twitter stock. They want to eventually cash out.
Can these measurements be used as losses to offset taxes?
Typically, losses in one year can be used to offset profits in following years, but not indefinitely… maybe three years tops IIRC. But that would mean the company would have to become very, very profitable profitable, which is doubtful.
They changed the rules under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act and losses can be carried forward indefinitely.
Yup of course they fucking did. Can’t have corporations paying their fair shares after all, that’s a concept as ridiculous as cold fire.
TIL, thanks
Regulatory capture is awesome, isn’t it?
Because the money still comes from investors even if it’s not publicly traded.