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Re:Tax details of US super-rich allegedly leaked by spikels on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:35PM (#27441986)
Why not both? They are different things.

The free step-up in basis at death makes no sense for the very wealthy. The rule originates from the difficulty in determining the basis of assets of dead people. The very wealthy have accountants that track this.

Warren Buffett can pay capital-gains tax AND estate tax.

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Re:Tax details of US super-rich allegedly leaked by imgabe on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:54PM (#27442149)
Sure, the free step up basis does seem like a bad thing. Getting rid of that sounds like it makes sense.

That is a far cry from taxing unrealized gains as income which is what a lot of people seem to want to do.

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