Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing

[UpInArms]

Source: Electrek

Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion is missing.

Many Tesla shorts and detractors have questioned Tesla’s accounting for years, but they have never gained much traction – until now.

Today, the Financial Times has released a new report pointing to a $1.4 billion gap in assets:

Compare Tesla’s capital expenditure in the last six months of 2024 to its valuation of the assets that money was spent on, and $1.4bn appears to have gone astray.

The article points out that Tesla reports having spent $6.3 billion on “purchases of property and equipment excluding finance leases, net of sales” in the second half of 2024, while property, plant, and equipment rose by only $4.9 billion in that period.

Read more: https://electrek.co/2025/03/19/tesla-tsla-accounting-raises-red-flags-as-report-shows-1-4-billion-missing/

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Here is a link to the financial times article

https://archive.ph/CroSy

Compare Tesla’s capital expenditure in the last six months of 2024 to its valuation of the assets that money was spent on, and $1.4bn appears to have gone astray.

The sum is big enough to matter even at Tesla, and comes at a moment when attention is returning to the group’s underlying numbers, now that its fully diluted stock market valuation has crashed from $1.7tn to below $800bn.

A closer look at Tesla’s cash flow statement may also prompt investors to ask other questions, such as why a business with a $37bn cash pile raised $6bn of new debt last year?

[AZJonnie]

1. If you were wonderin why Trusk is so gung-ho to declare itself the absolute rulers of the SEC

and all the other independent regulatory agencies, and that 'The Law' on all matters is whatever it says it is ... here is Exhibit A. Or maybe it's like Exhibit P at this point if one knew of all the other scams Trusk know about between them.

[Americanme]

2. Maybe DOGE can look into this

Find that fraud. Something shady going on.

[moniss]

3. I remember when they were going through CFO's like

crazy. That's always a bad sign that something stinks with the books.

[BidenRocks]

4. Buying an election

isn't as cheap as it used to be.
More people to bribe.

[Lonestarblue]

33. Bingo!

[Mike 03]

5. Recommended and kicked.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Snicker

I'm loving this for the guy who gives Nazi salutes. It's almost liked he fucked around and tread on himself.

[liberal N proud]

7. If it turns out to be Elon

He should be stripped of the unelected power and deported

[durablend]

17. Even if it wasn't Elon

He should be stripped of the unelected power and deported

[calimary]

24. THIS!!!

[kkmarie]

8. Hoping this report pushes the stock price down

And it gets to that magical number $114 and Space Nazi faces a margin call on his loans he took for the purchase of Twitter.

[UpInArms]

9. Here's its stock ticker

The 3 month history button is interesting

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/tsla

[Unwind Your Mind]

16. The 1 year chart is interesting too

The big up starts in November and the price now is right where it was in July last year

[Mosby]

30. Lot of profit taking in january, February.

Stock is still massively overvalued, with a p/e of 116.

GM p/e is about 8 and Ford about 7.

[Irish_Dem]

10. How much will Trump and Musk steal from the American people?

[sinkingfeeling]

11. Same accounting being used by Musk in his DOGE savings and how he steals.

[dchill]

12. "Xjr" needs a new pair of shoes.

[Prairie Gates]

13. Lutnick running around hair on fire trying to save Tesla

Fucking bozos.

[samsingh]

14. this guy is running the US - will the country survive?

[Martin68]

15. Uh, oh. Is Tesla just Elon's slush find?

[patphil]

18. Sounds like Musk is using Tesla as his personal piggy bank.

Is this where he gets the money to buy elections?

[Skittles]

38. and he bought an American president

because he wants to loot the country

[Bengus81]

19. Q1 financials due by May 12th......

Can't wait to have a look at those given the tanking sales World wide. But...it might take another quarter to really factor in.

[Exp]

20. Oooopsie! eom

[KS Toronado]

21. Did he learn how to COOK books from the other President?

[markodochartaigh]

31. "How to Serve Man",

with a nice chianti and a side of fava beans.

[Quanto Magnus]

22. I would be that $1.4 Billion

is in one of Musk's many bank accounts.

[calimary]

25. THIS!!!

Most DEFINITELY!!!

[Grins]

23. Trumpian-level corporate fraud!

Nothing will be done about it; not with this administration!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. This will be fun to watch

[HeartsCanHope]

27. This is shocking, NOT!

I wonder whose pocket benefited, Eloon?

[jmowreader]

28. So now we know why Musk embedded himself into the Trump administration

$1.4 billion worth of embezzlement is the kind of crime that gets you sent to federal prison for decades. It's best to turn the guy with the pardon autopen into your best buddy before that happens.

[BattleRow]

29. Wow,and he's supposed to be so damn smart..

Smart and smart ass aren't the same thing..

[Otterdaemmerung]

32. It's the free market, NapoElon! Suck it up!

[tazcat]

34. This ridiculous poc HAD 32 investigations with 11 different agencies and

don't remember if on shitter or you tube he said ON video that if drumpf wasn't installed he would be fcked and go to jail. so so tired of waiting for the law to catch up w/these traitors. And meanwhile no dems are talking about their "little secret" and that's why puties slave said they didn't need the votes. all cowards!

[artemisia1]

35. So that's how he pays for his drug addiction... lol /nt

[marmar]

36. Maybe his name is Enron, not Elon.

[kimbutgar]

37. Maybe we need to check into the orange turds private bank accounts?

I bet he got a payback for making the parasite musk his second in command. Even though he was never elected !

[2naSalit]

39. Better check...

president dog-e's pockets.