{
  "id": 11938807,
  "title": "Warren Buffett’s first tax bill at age 14 was $7. Now Berkshire Hathaway’s is almost $27 billion—and he still says the rich don’t pay enough",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/warren-buffetts-first-tax-bill-at-age-14-was-7-now-berkshire",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-04T13:24:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/article/warren-buffett-first-tax-return-age-14-owed-7-dollars-irs-berkshire-hathaway-27-billion-taxes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 1944 at the tender age of 14, Warren Buffett, then a paperboy delivering newspapers in Washington D.C., filed his very first tax return. The modest earnings from his paper route amounted to $592.50, just above the $500 threshold required for filing a tax return. Despite this relatively small income, he still owed only $7 in federal taxes. This humble beginning laid the foundation for the financial empire that would later grow into Berkshire Hathaway, posting a tax bill of nearly $27 billion in 2024. Throughout his career, Buffett has consistently maintained that he does not pay enough taxes, a viewpoint that has occasionally put him at odds with the U.S. government. Despite this, he has always paid his taxes, with a tax compliance that started in 1944.",
  "summary": "That’s a far cry from the $26.8 billion Buffett said his company, Berkshire Hathaway, paid in 2024 taxes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}