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'Do you think a rich person should pay taxes no matter what?' Billionaire Carl Icahn's jaw-dropping reaction to revelation America's richest have paid ZERO income tax: Hack of IRS data is yet to be ruled out-Carl Icahn, who is ranked the 40th wealthiest American with an estimated fortune of $14.9 billion, did not pay any federal income tax in 2016 and 2017
-The 85-year-old's tax records were included in the trove of confidential IRS records that was made public on Tuesday by ProPublica
-Icahn says he paid the taxes he owed and that he registered losses because interest on his loans was higher than his income
-Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011, while Tesla boss Elon Musk's income tax bill came to zero in 2018
-Investor George Soros went three straight years - between 2016 and 2018 - without paying federal income tax
-Law enforcement and the IRS are now investigating the leak
ProPublica say they don't know who provided the data and acknowledged the possibility it could have come from 'a state actor hostile to American interests'
By EMILY CRANE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 08:46 EDT, 9 June 2021 | UPDATED: 09:48 EDT, 9 June 2021