• @zalgotext
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    110 months ago

    You would be charged a tax proportional to the value of that business. How you pay it is up to you. This is how estate tax is currently done in the US at the Federal level. Again, I’m not a tax professional, so if you want to know more I’d suggest looking into it yourself.

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

      That would essentially mean family businesses, at least past a certain size, would be impossible. Or more realistically, they would just obfuscate the ownership structure.

      • @zalgotext
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        110 months ago

        Which is why estate taxes have caps such that people who own small family businesses are rarely affected.