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Comment by coderjames

Not OP, but one example I can think of: Jeff Bezos moved from Washington state to Florida two years after Washington enacted a 7% capital gains tax "on the sale or exchange of long-term capital assets such as stocks, bonds, business interests, or other investments and tangible assets"[1] which "reportedly helped him save $1 billion in taxes."[2]

[1]: https://dor.wa.gov/taxes-rates/other-taxes/capital-gains-tax

[2]: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeff-bezos-moved-florida-impa...

parent coderjames 9 months ago

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