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Re:Ikea founder leaves fortune to no one, structures it to e... by pmoriarty on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:05PM (#16293273)
"Taxing profits in moderation is not breach against democratic principles, but using the companies own money to take ownership over it is."

It's not the companies own money after it's been taxed. From then on it's actually the government's money.

Re:Ikea founder leaves fortune to no one, structures it to e... by fetbaffe on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:21PM (#16293403)
Reason why I wrote in moderation, e.g. 100% tax is not moderation and therefore theft.

Intent here was to take control over the ownership of the companies, that would have been same as 100% tax, they where just using a more complicated scheme but the end result would been the same.

Re:Ikea founder leaves fortune to no one, structures it to e... by vec on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:29PM (#16293464)
It appears the intent was to purchase control over the ownership of the companies at prevailing market rates. As far as I can tell, the existing stock owners were entirely free to refuse the state's purchase offer and maintain control indefinitely, if they so chose. That doesn't sound like a tax at all.
Re:Ikea founder leaves fortune to no one, structures it to e... by fetbaffe on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:46PM (#16293631)
I'm sorry, I see now that I mismwrote on the original version of löntagarfonder, I wrote buy, the correct word should be take.

Original idea was to take the dividend as new stock. Nothing voluntary, no buying at market rates.