Musk joked that paying too much tax caused the IRS system to crash.

Elon Musk Brags About Paying So Much Tax That It Broke the IRS Computer

On January 1, 2026, Washington time, American entrepreneur Elon Musk wrote on the social media platform "X":

I paid so much tax that it broke the IRS computer. The numbers were just too big, so they had to update the software.

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