Preventing the capital flight of wealth taxes requires turning national borders into punitive exit traps.
Because wealthy taxpayers are highly sensitive to rate increases, governments must implement aggressive, long-duration exit taxes and asset-clawback laws to prevent a complete collapse of their tax bases.
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Norway's implementation of a highly aggressive, permanent exit tax represents a state's attempt to construct a strict border barrier against departing wealth holders.
California is attempting to prevent capital flight by retroactively trapping tax residency and subjecting departing billionaires to highly intrusive audits.
The finding demonstrates that implementing punitive taxes on the firm's value during migration acts as a highly effective exit trap that prevents taxable assets from leaving.