美国媒体报道称,Facebook联合创始人爱德华多·萨维林,在该社交网站首次公开发行之际放弃了美国国籍而成为新加坡公民,该行为被质疑有逃避资本利得税之嫌。

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Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his US citizenship ahead of the social networking company's initial public offering (IPO) and become a resident of Singapore, a move that may reduce his capital gains tax bill, US media reported.

分析:

上述报道中的“capital gains tax”意为“资本利得税”。资本利得税是对资本利得(低买高卖资产所获收益)征税。常见的资本利得如买卖股票、债券、贵金属和房地产等所获得的收益。并不是所有国家都征收资本利得税,中国就没有资本利得税,但是有证券投资所得税,即从事证券投资所获得的利息、股息、红利收入的征税 。开征资本利得税,可以取得一定的财政收入,调节资本市场的级差收入,规范资本市场的秩序,实现赋税公平的目标。所以爱德华多·萨维林在Facebook公开募股之前加入新加坡国籍,美国的资本利得税是15%,而新加坡并不征收资本利得税,此举必定会引起媒体质疑。据业内人士计算,爱德华多·萨维林可少纳税6700万美元。

一些相关词组:

capital gains 资本收益

income tax 所得税

initial public offering (IPO) 首次公开募股 IPO是什么?请看>>>

renounced one's US citizenship 放弃美国国籍

例句:

高税收纳税者的资本收益税提高到28%。
Capital Gains Tax for higher rate taxpayers will go up from midnight to 28%.

不过,他们的收入会按照普通收入的税率缴税,而非按照对冲基金资本收益15%的税率来缴税。
Their income will be taxed as ordinary income rather than the 15% rate on capital gains that hedge funds benefit from.

资本收益、红利和华尔街盈利是收入最高人群的利润来源,但是由于经济衰退,这些利润消失殆尽,渐渐在消除部分不平等的增长。
But the recession is already undoing some of the rise in inequality as the capital gains, bonuses and Wall Street profits that fuelled much of the gains in top incomes turn to dust.