The collective effort wasted on calculating capital gains taxes is worth more than the taxes paid to the government.

Co-Founder at sablier.com, and open-source developer. I have a broad range of interests, including longevity, epistemology, physics, and psychology.

Whenever government wastes my time I'm wondering how much GDP is destroyed by these lengthy procedures

The government doesn't need our taxes. It's one of the ways to control humans.

Would be interesting to see by how much, in terms of ratio of waste to tax paid 🤔