Because you never owned it and never will. I had something like this happen to me in Europe. Some family member died and my tax bill was 70% of the total assets because i was not a direct lineage.
70% fucking hell. When I'm getting close to packing it in ill sign over everything before i go anywhere near the grave so the gov can suck my hairy balls
On top of that the IRS came in and told me i needed to shell out 50,000 because i hadnt declared said assets, as if some indiivdual would know to do something like this. So at the end, i think 95% of the total assets were seized by a govt, be it European or American. Total value of assets: 750,000. Total lost to taxes and fees: 650,000
At that point I'd just set fire to the lot.
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