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Re:The Threat Coming by Land by gaius on Sunday September 13, 2015 @08:26AM (#10211138)
That is clearly nonsense; why should anyone be forced to monetize their assets? The increase in value is entirely "on paper".
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Re:The Threat Coming by Land by imrehg on Sunday September 13, 2015 @09:39AM (#10211350)
As much as I understand, that "forced monetization" can exist, such as in the case of stock options - those can incur tax right away (alternative minimum tax), and usually will have to sell some of your just got stocks to be able to pay for that (if you don't have other assets to cover it).

For example, point 2 at http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/10/10-tax-tips-stock-options-p...

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Re:The Threat Coming by Land by walshemj on Sunday September 13, 2015 @10:27AM (#10211502)
Well that is why the USA's laws on taxation of options need to be reformed.
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