alt Hacker NewsIt's a solution to the problem raised by the GP - how to fairly value IP.
This whole thread is about how many countries with land taxes don't similarly tax other assets like IP. Whether you think it's fair or not is another question - the blocker isn't fair valuation.
the solution to how to fairly value IP was provided by the owner, capital gains tax happens on sale of IP
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47220210
capital gains does not happen on sale of land generally. These two things are obviously taxed differently because it is to the value of the government to do so, and the value of the government is supposed in many countries to somehow translate into a value for society.