巴菲特致股东的信（1996年）
⑦税务问题

Taxes

     In 1961, President Kennedy said that we should ask not what our country can do for us, but rather ask what we can do for our country. Last year we decided to give his suggestion a try - and who says it never hurts to ask? We were told to mail $860 million in income taxes to the U.S. Treasury.

税务问题

1961 年，肯尼迪总统曾经说过一句名言：不要问国家能为你做些什么，问问你能为国家做些什么！去年我们决定照他的建议试一试，不过谁说问问没有关系的？我们最后得到的答案是，总共要缴 8.6 亿美元的所得税给美国国库。

     Here's a little perspective on that figure: If an equal amount had been paid by only 2,000 other taxpayers, the government would have had a balanced budget in 1996 without needing a dime of taxes - income or Social Security or what have you - from any other American. Berkshire shareholders can truly say, "I gave at the office."

这个数字到底有多大呢？如果全美能够有 2,000 名跟伯克希尔一样的纳税义务人的话，则美国国库不需要再征收其它任何的所得税、社会安全捐或任何你想得到名目的税捐，1996 年的预算收支就能够打平，所以伯克希尔的股东可以大声地说自己，功在国库(占万分之五)。

     Charlie and I believe that large tax payments by Berkshire are entirely fitting. The contribution we thus make to society's well-being is at most only proportional to its contribution to ours. Berkshire prospers in America as it would nowhere else.

查理跟我本人对于伯克希尔必须支付如此高额的税负完全接受，我们对于整个社会的贡献远远比不上社会对我们所作的贡献，要不是身在美国，伯克希尔不可能有这样的荣景。

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