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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Facebook Stock Could Hurt California Budget

California's budget could take a hit if Facebook's stock price keeps sliding.

Gov. Jerry Brown previously estimated the state would generate between $1.4 billion and $1.9 billion over the next 13 months from taxes related to sales of Facebook stock. The estimate was based on a price of $35 a share.

Facebook went public Friday at $38 a share but closed at $31 on Tuesday.

Last week, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office warned that a number of uncertainties could cause the state's deficit to be several billion dollars higher or lower than the governor's $15.7 billion estimate.
 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's called "Don't count your chickens till they hatch".

Anonymous said...

They can sue FB for tax evasion.....

Anonymous said...

Would not expect anything different from Gov. Jerry Brown.

Anonymous said...

They can sue all the white collar scamers who tricked people into buying the stock.

Anonymous said...

Like many things, facebook will become an old habit people will break once they are tired of it