1315. Desperate Tax

Brandon was the oldest of the four, and he didn't show too much when dealing with Shen Bao in the past. Anyway, he was responsible for the conversion of funds and tax payment, and he never had any problems. ,

But this time he showed the demeanor of a big brother: "It is not difficult to process gold ore. The rough extraction of a thousand tons of gold ore is not what I think. I have thought about it for a long time."

The three looked at him, and he paused and said, "It's not very reliable to salvage a thousand tons of gold ore from a single ship, we can expand it, find a fleet that sank in the North Atlantic and we have to open this According to the news, when the time comes, a few tons or tens of tons of ore will be dropped to allow more salvage companies to enter.”

Qin Shiou shrugged: "Why is this also several million dollars?"

"Expand the beneficiaries, increase the credibility of this matter, and reduce our risk of being investigated." Brandon said.

The three nodded to express their understanding, and Brandon continued: "But I still think about processing in the United States. Why do you want to come to Canada? Canadian taxes are terrible, don't handle funds here."

Canada has always been known as a "land of ten thousand taxes". Their tax system is very complicated, and it is difficult to use a single figure to describe how much tax people pay.

However, there is a simple and crude way to judge, that is, there is a customary holiday in Canada called "Tax Freedom Day", which is also the most hated by ordinary people.

As the name suggests, after Tax Freedom Day, everyone’s income is free, and the money earned after this day is their own. Before this day, most people have to pay taxes on the money earned, and the money earned after this day can enter their own homes. fanny pack.

This year's Tax Freedom Day falls on June 8, which means that the money Canadians earn before this day is just enough to pay this year's taxes.

Of course, this festival is only for the ordinary working class, for top rich people like Qin Shiou and those homeless people. This thing is useless,.

But from this point, we can see how terrible the taxes in Canada are. Foreigners only see the generous benefits of this country, and then immigrate one after another.

in addition. The famous Fraser Institute has created a comprehensive statistical method. They followed the "Consumer Price Index" of the Bureau of Statistical Price Composite Index and created a "Canadian Consumer Tax Index".

There are many taxation items in Canada, including various taxes and fees paid to the federal, provincial and local governments. Such as income tax, payroll tax, health tax, business tax, real estate tax, fuel tax, vehicle tax, import tax, tobacco and alcohol tax, etc.

When all these taxes are added together,

Last year, the total tax payment of Canadian families was 33,272 Canadian dollars, accounting for 21% of the average Canadian family income of 791 Canadian dollars. According to the research of the Fraser Institute, this can be ranked among the top ten in the world.

There are also some countries that are even more impressive, such as Sweden with an index of 566, Denmark with 55, and Aruba with 59. Of course, the gap between rich and poor in these countries is also the smallest, and the national welfare is the best.

Qin Shiou took out his phone and clicked for a while. Sighed: "Damn, I always thought that this time I would double my assets and become a millionaire. In fact, I can get not much, right? At least 5 tax, even if I can get 200 million, I have to pay 100 million." Tax"

As he said that, he became puzzled: "There were not so many in the past."

They have auctioned works of art many times. Qin Shiou calculated before that every time he paid taxes, it was less than 2, never less than 5.

Brandon said: "Yes, there were not so many in the past. I used to use leather bag companies to avoid taxes. You must know that there are many places in the world where taxes are relatively low. For example, Macau only costs 12, even if you add up and down. .It is less than half of 5."

"However, if the gold ore is brought to Canada for processing, it will not be so simple to avoid overseas taxes. Canada's tax laws are much stricter than those of the United States, especially overseas tax pursuits. Fake is simply awesome."

Such a discussion. Qin Shiou and Billy were dumbfounded. It seems that it is more cost-effective to process this batch of gold ore in the United States. Half of the tax amount is too high.

"It's still going on in the United States." Qin Shiou asked with a sigh, really worried, "I'm worried that Washington will get news of our gold ore and send the navy to snatch it secretly."

According to the internationally accepted law of discovery, if they want to salvage this batch of gold ore and bring it to the land of the United States, they must first issue a notice through the media at the beginning of the discovery.

The discovery law is an international salvage law that has been implemented for more than half a century. This law was not created to protect the treasures of sunken ships, but for properties such as whales and fish catches that have never had owners.

Later, with the emergence of the international ocean salvage boom, the law of discovery was gradually applied to sunken ships. Lawyers believed that because of its age, a sunken ship meant that it had been abandoned by the original owner, and that, like a catch, it had no owner.

For sunken ship salvage companies, the method of discovery is a good thing. This thing is simply interpreted as "whoever finds it will get it", so now many ships salvaged in international waters almost follow this practice. Who.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is no problem to issue a notice. Whoever finds it, whoever salvages it, and whoever returns it is protected by international law. Ordinary salvagers are incapable of looting, and it does not matter even if relevant news is reported.

However, the U.S. government has this ability, what if they get the news and run to intercept

After Qin Shiou expressed his concern, Brandon and Little Black shook their heads and said, "You filtered it, don't worry about it, it's just ten tons of gold, it's not worth the US government's action."

Billy also nodded and said: "Yes, don't worry about this, the US government is not so dark yet."

Qin Shiou looked at him and said, "Then why did you agree with what I said to come to Canada to process ore?"

Billy lamented: "The two of us are not thinking about the same thing. You usually don't pay attention to this news. You don't know the situation. Damn Washington not only enacted its own Abandoned Shipwreck Law, they also want to abolish the international discovery law. , adopting the draft UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.”

"What the hell is this?" Qin Shiou really didn't pay attention to the news in this area. Little Black had heard about it a little bit, but he didn't take it seriously. As for Brandon, he was talking about love all day long, so naturally he didn't know about it. To be continued. ~ Search for blue color, you can read the following chapters in full

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