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If you spend that money you pay VAT. The company you paid pays their employees, who pay income tax. Whenever money exchanges hands, it's taxed - pretty much.

Seems fair to me, though as a father working to leave something for my kids, I fully understand the sentiment. In Germany, children already pay inheritance tax starting at 400k EUR (half a house where I live).



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