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So in the CNBC special on the super rich, the one woman had sold her internet business for about $23 million, but after taxes, only got about $10 million from it. My question is, I thought that the huge two-thirds-type tax only was applied to money obtained say through a lottery win or gameshow or something, money that the government considers that you didn't really "earn." But for selling a business one built, I thought the tax structure was a lot more friendly...? Taking $13 million in taxes from a $23 million business seems rather extreme, is that how it always is when one sells a business they have built?
 
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