@lined
i have a friend in California who wants to off-ramp $1m in cash
we just did the math on his taxes:
- federal: 20% ($200k)
- medicare investment tax: 3.8% ($38k)
- california state: 13.3% ($133k)
total tax bill: $371k
what he keeps: $629k
37.1% of your earning cleared from the existence
this is why people move to places like Dubai
zero capital gains tax there - he'd keep the full $1m
it's cheaper, cleaner and safer