I honestly hate this topic. Is it that hard to understand that someone can be saying that tax rates should be higher, and meanwhile they are paying the current tax rate and not a penny more?
You say "they are paying the current tax rate" but the article says otherwise. Somebody else said it was a loophole only just closed last year, but again, the article says 2008. We're talking about somebody who is NOT paying their taxes, and hasn't paid taxes since 2008 and instead keeps deferring it year after year.
No, that's not what the article says. The article says,
George Soros may owe at least $6.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes on income he deferred and reinvested in his fund. ==>
Theoretically, a hedge fund manager with Soro's record who started with $12 million, didn't take in more money, and reinvested his share of profits pretax, would have $15.9b after 40 years.
The article is based on a theoretical calculation of what his taxes could be.
Elsewhere, it talks about how Soros moved money to Ireland to avoid paying deferred taxes. But the article says "Most, if not all, of the notes [the tax free profits distributed by the Soros Ireland subsidiary] were held by Soros's tax-exempt Open Society Foundations."
Then, in the conclusion, the article says, "at least four tax attorneys say they know of no way for money managers to avoid the bill that comes due in 2017."
This is a lot of theoretical sturm und drang over a bill that isn't even due for two years. There's no support in the article to say that Soros hasn't paid taxes since 2008. The only support for the $7 billion in taxes owed is a theoretical calculation done by Bloomberg as clickbait.
Look, there's no doubt that Soros exploited a loophole. Fortunately, that loophole was closed. The tax bill for the closing of that loophole isn't due yet. Come back to us in 2017 if Soros doesn't pay the appropriate tax bill, but in the meantime, there's no proof at all that he isn't following the law.