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by mikestew 124 days ago
Have to sell your stock because you can't otherwise pay the taxes? Yeah, well, fuck you because the government is having budget shortfalls, and it's easier for the government to do it that way.

"State Secretary for Taxation Eugène Heijnen acknowledged during parliamentary debate that the caretaker government would have preferred to tax investment returns only when they are actually realized, but said this was not feasible by 2028, as taxing unrealized gains would avoid billions in budget losses and is easier to implement." <emphasis mine>

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do you have a link to that quote in the second paragraph?
It’s from TFA, here’s your link: Ctrl-F.