• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    29 days ago

    And that ends when they die, at which point the stocks get stepped up in basis so the taxes are almost completely avoided. Or they structure their debts in such a way that certain entities can be bankrupted without impacting the actual assets.

    Things get wild when you’re in the 0.1% and above.

    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      structure their debts in such a way that certain entities can be bankrupted without impacting the actual assets.

      I can’t imagine how this isn’t fraud