We just received about 300 documents about $TSLA and SpaceX from CAEATFA, part of the CA State Treasurer's Office. While Elon Musk was mouthing off about moving to TX because CA is "complacent," he was asking for $117 million *more* in tax breaks. 
$TSLA clearly doesn't want its internal projections to be known. In the past they have directly contradicted Elon Musk's claims.
Elon is so "paranoid" (a word he has used to describe himself) about his lies being exposed that his lawyers are even redacting other companies' data. $TSLA
This may be the first written evidence that Elon Musk's relationship with @PwC goes beyond $TSLA and audit. Here, PwC appears to be working for SpaceX in a non-audit capacity, handling general and accounting tax matters. This is a conflict with the auditor role at $TSLA.
@PwC What at first looked like a 22% discrepancy between deliveries and sales is probably explained by $TSLA not answering the questions it is required to answer on the separate CAEATFA annual reports it filed for Model 3, S, and X. The Model 3 report does not qualify; the others do.
This is remarkable because in order to qualify for its tax breaks, $TSLA must provide information to the State of California pursuant to CAEATFA regulations. Here, it's not clear what information is being provided, and in other cases, the company flat-out refuses.
Why does $TSLA need a $100 million+ tax break from CA? Because it wants to make an "unspecified project ('project') electric vehicle" and it has a desire to "deepen our manufacturing footprint in California." Not China. Not Germany. Not Texas—none of which are mentioned.
California taxpayers are literally handing out tax breaks to a billionaire who has sued, called government officials "fascists," denied and minimized the COVID-19 pandemic, and *left California to further evade taxes*—for an "unspecified project" while jobs move overseas. $TSLA
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