Show this to your Dutch politicians. The great Charlie Munger would likely turn in his grave if he heard about a 36% tax on unrealized gains.

In the paragraphs below, he beautifully illustrates how taxes kill returns. His main point was that frequent selling can be a major drag on your returns.

What he didn't anticipate, I believe, is that any government could be short-sighted enough to FORCE citizens to sell by taxing UNREALIZED profits.