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by Ekaros 55 days ago
I wonder what would reasonable level be. Say 1% of gross income or gross wealth. Whichever is higher. That would equalise the burden. So rich people who can afford it can pay more and poor people still pay, but might struggle a bit.
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I own my home... so that would increase the 1% compare to people that only rent. What about people with mortgage? Should I pay for my full home or only a half because my wife owns the other half?

How would be possible to avoid frauds?

Exactly. You own more than people who rent. But still if only half is yours that would be fair to consider.

Maybe AI would be solution. Feed it all bank statements, private records, emails, tax records and so on from say past 10 years. Then it can come up with correct figure...

We're still talking about HN accounts, right?