The value of a company should be based on the value of its future free cash flows discounted at its cost of capital.

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First, by the corporate income tax, then again by the individual income tax through the tax on dividends, then if you sell the capital investment, through the capital gains tax (which taxes the increase in the present value of the future income stream to the investment, which will be taxed again when earned), then when you die, by the death tax.

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The PVF allows the investor to receive an up-front payment (typically, 75-85% market value) in exchange for delivery of a variable amount of shares or cash in the future, at which time the capital gain is realized for tax purposes and the tax on the capital gain is paid.

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