New York:  Few billionaires are willing to reveal much about their taxes. But the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has indirectly done so in the documents for his company’s public stock offering later this year. Mr. Zuckerberg, 27, one of the world’s youngest billionaires, plans to exercise stock options with an estimated value of $5 billion ahead of the offering. That could create a stunning tax bill of $2 billion. Although…

Facebook’s IPO filing shows that the company brought in about $3.7 billion in revenue and made $1 billion in profit in 2011. Advertising makes up the lion’s share of the company’s revenue — $3.1 billion — though payments and other fees have been making up for a larger percentage of revenue over the past two years. Sixty-six percent of Facebook’s total revenue from 2011 was made in the U.S., but…

Facebook Inc.’s cash box is about to get a lot heavier. The social-networking company’s planned initial public offering of shares won’t just create a new stock-market heavyweight. The IPO also will infuse Facebook with as much as $10 billion in cash, creating the fascinating challenge of what to do with all that money. Let’s consider Facebook’s options. The simplest short-term choice is to do nothing. Lots of other successful tech…

The Facebook IPO draws nearer, and we break down why it should matter (or not) to you. The Facebook IPO has been looming on the horizon for some time now. Recent speculation has increased the ever-building hype around the company’s S1 filing, and the latest rumors say that the process could begin as soon as Wednesday. According to the Wall Street Journal, insiders suggest as much and say the company…

Facebook hasn’t decided on which exchange it will list, but it has already decided on a symbol, the New York Post reports. Ready? … … … … Really ready? It’s… “FB”