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So how do you deal with more than 10,000 euros cash in the EU ? In the EU if you can’t account for your cash and it’s over a certain amount, I think 10,000 euros but it might be as low as 2000 euros, then the government can just take it all off you.

Perfect accounting ? Keeping bank receipts? Videoing you whole waking life?

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Keeping bank receipts seems pretty straightforward and sufficient, no need to put it in between the two absurd takes.

Years of distrust of the Dutch government. comes from having them facilitate criminality by proxy against me for 10 years after they busted a neigbour or for having weed. I was harassed (extremely mildly put) because I dared to complain about the trouble their informant and other neighbour was causing.

10,000 of thousands of euros later I don’t trust them strangely.

Except that if you are making it a point to use physical cash in your life, then you wont have bank receipts.

Having over €15.000 in the piggy bank or mattress does not seem exceptionally unreasonable.

But from what was stated earlier in the thread I guess that is illegal now. The state can take your piggy bank, just for living on physical cash.

A fixed limit is a clear attack on carrying cash anyways, 10k€ won't be worth as much in 10 years just due to inflation, you just need to wait.

Even that won't protect you from civil asset forfeiture in the US, as absolutely no evidence whatsoever is required.

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/dea-seized-a-womans-bag-of-cash-...

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about unless you're meaning about immigrating with more than 10,000€ worth of physical currency? I went through immigrating to EU recently and the declaration was as simple as signing a statement that I am able to show records of how I got the money if required by the country I was moving to, and one of the examples was as simple as bank statements showing you had an income that supported you having such money.

I don't think you're talking about this, so maybe you can link to a government site with the relevant law you're discussing? It's pretty trivial to demonstrate it in most cases, and I think even a paper ledger is enough for most situations.

I may have got the amounts wrong I see. The sentiment not.

It may have been the cross border thing but borders are pretty small here and I don’t know you need to emmigrate

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