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From https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathangoldman/2025/11/14/can-a-5-wealth-tax-on-200-billionaires-save-or-sink-california/ In addition to concerns surrounding capital flight, there are numerous other concerns with imposing a wealth tax. For starters, it can be very difficult to value a taxpayer’s wealth. Naturally, a stock and securities portfolio maintains accurate valuations on a regular basis. However, real estate assets have much looser valuations, and some assets like artwork require professional assessments. When considering the entire portfolio of assets for California’s billionaires, it remains unclear as to how expensive it might be to value a taxpayer’s wealth accurately, not to mention how long it will be litigated once that taxpayer inevitably argues the valuation. Additionally, enforcing a wealth tax can create liquidity problems for taxpayers as they might have to sell assets to meet the tax liabilities, and it could lead to substantial tax planning that results in the taxpayers gaming the system, and thus, the proposal would not have the intended effect.