Take a guess!

猜一猜吧!

Billions of dollars?

數十億美元？

How about hundreds of billions of dollars?

數以千億計的美元如何？

The number is beyond most people's imagination.

這個數字超出了大多數人的想象。

Economists estimate that number to be closer to at least 10 percent of the global GDP.

經濟學家估計，這個數字至少接近全球GDP的10%。

As of 2021, the global GDP is about 93 trillion dollars.

截至2021年，全球GDP約為93萬億美元。

Which means around 9.3 trillion dollars is hidden offshore.

這意味著大約9.3萬億美元被藏在海外。

That's almost 50 percent of the entire GDP of the United States, the wealthiest country

這幾乎是美國整個國內生產總值的50%，美國是最富有的國家。

in history!

在歷史上!

But the main question is, why would they hide their money?

但主要問題是，他們為什麼要藏錢？

I mean, don't they want to enjoy some of that wealth.

我的意思是，他們難道不想享受這些財富嗎。

Don't they want to fly private, drive the most luxurious cars or buy the most expensive

難道他們不想坐私人飛機、開最豪華的汽車或買最貴的東西嗎？

mansions, or at least brag about how much money they have?

豪宅，或者至少吹噓他們有多少錢？

Yes, but no one wants to pay taxes.

是的，但沒有人願意交稅。

Yes, of course, you get some benefits from the government such as roads, bridges, schools

是的，當然，你從政府那裡得到一些好處，如道路、橋樑、學校

but so does everyone else.

但其他人也是如此。

The only reason you are making so much money is because of your hard work and talent, so

你能賺這麼多錢的唯一原因是你的努力工作和天賦，所以

why should you share that money with the government. 

你為什麼要與政府分享這些錢。

When you barely make enough money to survive, you pay almost no taxes.

當你勉強掙到足夠的錢生存時，你幾乎不交稅。

Your first 10K dollars is taxed at just 10 percent, but any money you make above half

你的第一個1萬美元只需徵收10%的稅，但你賺的任何錢超過一半

a million dollars is taxed at 37 percent.

一百萬美元的稅率為37%。

On top of that, if you consider states taxes, you can easily end up paying as much as half

除此之外，如果你考慮到各州的稅收，你最終可能會輕易地支付多達一半的費用。

of your income in taxes.

你的收入中的稅款。

So why work hard to make money when at least 50 percent of it goes to the state?

是以，當至少50%的錢都歸國家所有時，為什麼還要努力工作賺錢呢？

Shouldn't there be a way to avoid these taxes?

難道不應該有一種方法來避免這些稅收嗎？

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense to work harder!

否則，更加努力地工作是沒有意義的!

Since the beginning of time, rich people have made sure to find loopholes within the tax

自古以來，有錢人就一定會在稅收方面找到漏洞。

code, and when they didn't find one, they created one.

當他們沒有找到時，他們創造了一個代碼。

And in this video, we are going to take a look at 5 of them.

在這段視頻中，我們將看一下其中的5種情況。

You are about to discover how the elites of the society pay almost nothing in taxes while

你將會發現，社會的精英們幾乎不交任何稅，而

making hundreds of billions of dollars.

賺取數千億美元。

If you are ready, give this video thumbs and let's dive in.

如果你準備好了，請為這段視頻豎起大拇指，讓我們深入瞭解一下。

Tax heavens  Let's say you start up a company (in the USA),

稅收天堂 假設你創辦了一家公司（在美國）。

and everything is just perfect.

而且一切都很完美。

Just in your first year, you have made an incredible profit of a hundred million dollars!

就在你的第一年，你已經賺取了令人難以置信的一億美元的利潤!

Congratulations!

祝賀你!

Before you celebrate your success!

在你慶祝你的成功之前!

IRS is going to knock on your door and take 21 million dollars out of it because the corporate

國稅局會敲開你的門，從裡面拿走2100萬美元，因為企業

tax in the United States is 21 percent, which soon might be 28 percent!

美國的稅率是21%，很快就可能是28%了!

That's a lot of money!

這可是一大筆錢啊!

Why would you pay so much to the government when you made that money with your blood and

你為什麼要向政府支付這麼多錢，而這些錢是你用自己的鮮血和生命賺來的。

sweat, and we didn't include state taxes.

汗，而且我們沒有包括州稅。

  Even if you decide to go abroad and sell your

即使你決定出國並出售你的

product elsewhere (Europe), where the tax rate is lower, Uncle Sam will still come after

其他地方（歐洲）的產品，稅率較低，山姆大叔仍然會來找你。

you for its share of your profit on top of the taxes you will be paying in that country. 

在你將在該國支付的稅款之外，你還可以從你的利潤中獲得其份額。


 Whether that's fair or unfair, it depends

這究竟是公平還是不公平，取決於

on whom you are asking.

你在問誰。

You can write down what do you think!

你可以寫下你的想法!


 However, things are not as bad as they seem.

然而，事情並不像看上去那樣糟糕。

There is a way for you to avoid those taxes legally. 

有一種方法可以讓你合法地避免這些稅收。

Instead of declaring 100 million dollars in profit, be smart about it!

與其宣稱有1億美元的利潤，不如精打細算。

How about you lower your profit to just 30 million dollars and now suddenly you only

你把你的利潤降低到只有3000萬美金，現在突然間你只有

have to pay only 6.3 Million dollars (21% out of 30M) instead of 21 million dollars.

只需支付630萬美元（3000萬中的21%），而不是2100萬美元。


 Get on a plane and travel to the little island

坐上飛機，到小島上旅行

of Bermuda and set up a new company there.

在百慕大，並在那裡設立了一個新的公司。

It's easy, fast and cheap because you won't have anything except an address to a small

這很簡單，很快速，也很便宜，因為除了一個小的地址，你不會有任何東西。

office in the middle of nowhere!

荒郊野外的辦公室!

Then simply give all of your patents, trademarks, and intellectual property of any kind from

然後簡單地把你所有的專利、商標和任何種類的知識產權從

your real company that is in the united states to your new company in Bermuda.

你在美國的真正的公司到你在百慕大的新公司。

So when uncle sam comes to collect 21 million dollars out of your hundred million dollars!

是以，當山姆大叔來收取你的一億美元中的2100萬美元時!

You say sorry!

你說對不起!

We have licensed this technology from this company in Bermuda, so we have to pay 70 million

我們已經從百慕大的這家公司獲得了這項技術的許可，所以我們必須支付7000萬的費用。

dollars to them.

美元給他們。

So we are just left with 30 million dollars, so now you only have to pay 6.3 million dollars.

所以我們只剩下3000萬美元，所以現在你只需要支付630萬美元。

Your 70 million dollars in Bermuda are not taxed because the corporate tax rate in Bermuda

你在百慕大的7000萬美金沒有被徵稅，因為百慕大的公司稅率

is 0 percent.

是0%。

Congrats!

祝賀你!

You have saved 14.7 million dollars.

你已經節省了1470萬美元。

But how about the profit you earned in Europe?

但你在歐洲賺取的利潤呢？

It will be taxed, right?

它將被徵稅，對嗎？


 You set up a new company in Ireland that's

你在愛爾蘭成立了一家新公司，該公司是

going to make another hundred million dollars.

將會再賺一億美元。

Instead of paying 12.5 percent corporate tax in Ireland and the remaining 8.5 percent to

與其在愛爾蘭支付12.5%的公司稅，而將剩餘的8.5%的稅款支付給愛爾蘭政府。

the United States.

美國。

Because Uncle Sam will come after you no matter where are you! 

因為無論你在哪裡，山姆大叔都會來找你的麻煩!

You transfer that hundred million dollars to a new company you set up in the Netherlands

你把那一億美元轉到你在荷蘭成立的一個新公司。

at 0 percent taxes through a little tax loop.

在0%的稅率下，通過一個小小的稅收循環。

Your Dutch (Netherlands) company immediately sends it back to your first Irish company

你的荷蘭(Netherlands)公司立即將其發回給你的第一家愛爾蘭公司

that's simply a subsidiary of your Bermuda company, So the money ends up back at Bermuda,

這只是你的百慕大公司的一個子公司，所以這些錢最終還是回到了百慕大。

where the tax rate is 0 percent.

其中稅率為0%。


 Congrats!

祝賀你!

You have saved millions of dollars! 

你已經節省了數百萬美元的費用


 That's how Apple, Google, and many other giant

這就是蘋果、谷歌和其他許多巨頭是如何做到的。

corporations avoid taxes!

企業避稅!

It might not make a huge difference when you are earning millions of dollars, but when

當你賺取數百萬美元時，這可能不會產生巨大的差異，但當

you are earning billions of dollars, saving even a billion dollars would make a huge difference.

你在賺取數十億美元，即使節省10億美元也會有很大的不同。


 When politicians increase or decrease the

當政治家們增加或減少

corporate tax rate, it doesn't really make a big difference because why pay even a 10

在公司稅率方面，這其實並沒有什麼大的區別，因為為什麼要支付甚至是10％的稅率？

percent tax rate in the united states when you can pay 0 taxes in Bermuda. 

當你在百慕大可以支付零稅率時，你在美國的稅率是百分之百。


 2.

2.

Expanding Market Share 
 Having billions of dollars offshore is great,

擴大市場份額 擁有數十億美元的海外資金是很好的。

but What is the point if you cant use it!

但如果你不能使用它，又有什麼意義呢？

If you bring it back to the US, you still have to pay taxes on it, which makes all that

如果你把它帶回美國，你仍然要為它繳稅，這使得所有這些

scheme useless.

計劃無用。

That's why corporations started taking a different approach.

這就是為什麼企業開始採取不同的方法。

The largest US companies such as Boeing, Netflix, Amazon, GM either pay 0 taxes or a tiny percentage.

美國最大的公司，如波音、Netflix、亞馬遜、通用汽車，要麼不交稅，要麼只交很小的比例。

From 2008 to 2017, Boeing paid only 8.4 percent on 54.7 billion dollars of profit. 

從2008年到2017年，波音公司只為547億美元的利潤支付了8.4%。

In 2018, Netflix reported 845 million dollars in profit but paid absolutely no taxes at

2018年，Netflix報告了8.45億美元的利潤，但完全沒有繳稅，在

all. 

所有。


 The company can make a big investment and

公司可以進行大的投資和

dramatically expand and gain market share.

急劇擴大並獲得市場份額。

In fact, they might have to borrow money and, at the end of the year, report a loss, and

事實上，他們可能不得不借錢，並在年底報告損失，而

when you are reporting a loss, you are not only not paying any taxes for that year, but

當你報告虧損時，你不僅沒有支付該年度的任何稅款，而且

you can forward it to future years.

你可以把它轉發到未來幾年。

So if you are going to make a significant profit next year, because last year you gained

是以，如果你明年要賺取大量的利潤，因為去年你獲得了

such a huge market share, you still can deduct your last year's loss and significantly reduce

如此巨大的市場份額，你仍然可以扣除你去年的損失，並大大減少

your tax bill, if not avoid it at all.

你的稅單，如果不是完全避免的話。

And it's a common practice among the companies. 

而且這也是公司之間的普遍做法。


  So the company might not be making any profit.

是以，該公司可能沒有任何利潤。

In fact, some companies keep on reporting losses year after year.

事實上，一些公司年復一年地不斷報告虧損。

Uber has a market cap of over 50 billion dollars, and it's making revenue of a few billion dollars,

Uber的市值超過500億美元，而它的收入也有幾十億美元。

but the company has not reported even a penny of profit.

但該公司沒有報告哪怕一分錢的利潤。

In other words, it hasn't paid a single dime in taxes yet.

換句話說，它還沒有交過一毛錢的稅。

Even if Uber's valuation crosses 100 billion dollars, it still doesn't have to pay taxes

即使Uber的估值超過1000億美元，它仍然不需要交稅

unless it reports a profit.

除非它報告有利潤。

3.

3.

Stocks  


股票

In 2020, Jeff Bezos made 75 billion dollars and paid zero taxes on that.

2020年，傑夫-貝索斯賺了750億美元，併為此繳納了零稅。

Because his wealth isn't liquid and consists entirely of amazon shares, and he only has

因為他的財富沒有流動性，完全由亞馬遜股票組成，而且他只有

to pay taxes if he liquidates his shares, but as long as he doesn't, he doesn't have

如果他清算他的股份，他需要交稅，但只要他不交稅，他就沒有必要

to pay taxes. 

以支付稅款。

  But what is the point of all of that wealth

但所有這些財富的意義是什麼呢？

if you can't use it?

如果你不能使用它？

This wealth is just on paper! 

這些財富只是紙上談兵!

Well, it's one way to think about it, but from an opposite point of view, what would

好吧，這是一種思考方式，但從一個相反的角度來看，什麼會

you do with 75 billion dollars in cash.

你用750億美元的現金做什麼。

As long as your company keeps growing, your wealth keeps growing.

只要你的公司持續增長，你的財富就會持續增長。

And if you want to drive a Ferrari, fly a private jet, or travel across the world and

如果你想開法拉利，坐私人飛機，或穿越世界，並

stay in the most expensive hotels.

住在最昂貴的酒店。

Just use the company's money and then deduct it as a business expense and lower your tax

只要用公司的錢，然後作為商業費用扣除，就可以降低你的稅收

bill even further.

賬單更進一步。


 4.

4.

Art 


藝術

Art is great, but rich people have turned it into a method to avoid taxes.

藝術是偉大的，但有錢人把它變成了一種避稅的方法。

You probably have seen painting sold for hundreds of millions of dollars.

你可能已經看到了以數億美元出售的繪畫。

Take this painting (Salvator Mundi).

以這幅畫（Salvator Mundi）為例。

It's an amazing painting but let's be honest, it doesn't worth 450 million dollars.

這是一幅了不起的畫，但說實話，它並不值4.5億美元。

So here is the real reason why art is so expensive.

是以，這裡是藝術品如此昂貴的真正原因。

Let's say you are a multi-millionaire.

比方說，你是一個千萬富翁。

You buy a piece of art from the primary market for a million dollars and hung it on the wall

你從一級市場上花一百萬美元買了一件藝術品，然後把它掛在牆上

of your office.

你的辦公室的。

After 5 years, you make 22 million dollars.

5年後，你賺了2200萬美元。

You will have to pay a lot of taxes on that.

你將不得不為此支付大量的稅款。

However, here is how you can avoid that.

然而，這裡是你可以避免這種情況的方法。

Remember the piece of art you have purchased for a million dollars.

記住你用一百萬美元購買的那件藝術品。

Surprisingly now it is worth 7 million dollars.

令人驚訝的是，現在它的價值是700萬美元。

Its value has increased over the last 5 years, according to your "experts."

根據你們的 "專家 "的說法，在過去的5年裡，它的價值已經上升。

 Since you are such a generous guy, you donate that piece of art to your favorite museum,

由於你是一個如此慷慨的人，你把那件藝術品捐給了你最喜歡的博物館。

and you deduct 7 million dollars as a charitable deduction from your 22 million dollars income.

而你從2200萬美元的收入中扣除700萬美元作為慈善扣除。

Now you have to pay taxes on only 15 million dollars. 

現在你只需要為1500萬美元交稅。

Congrats!

祝賀你!

You have saved millions of dollars in taxes.

你已經節省了數百萬美元的稅收。

The media spreads the news about what a generous person you are since you have donated a piece

媒體散佈消息說你是一個多麼慷慨的人，因為你捐贈了一塊

of art that costs 7 million dollars.

價值700萬美元的藝術品。

The museum puts your name right beside the painting.

博物館把你的名字放在畫的旁邊。

That's how the elite of the society use art to avoid taxes and boost their image.

社會精英們就是這樣利用藝術來避稅，提升自己的形象。

5.

5.

Section 1031 exchange  


第1031條交換

This is rich people's favorite tool to avoid taxes.

這是富人最喜歡的避稅工具。

It's even difficult to believe that such a loophole exists.

甚至很難相信這種漏洞的存在。

Let's say you want to sell your house and buy a bigger house.

比方說，你想賣掉你的房子，買一個更大的房子。

In the last 10 years, the value of your property has risen dramatically, so you are going to

在過去的10年裡，你的財產的價值急劇上升，所以你要

sell it at a huge profit.

以巨大的利潤將其出售。

Ideally, you should be paying a capital gain tax on it, but if you use that money to buy

理想情況下，你應該為其繳納資本利得稅，但如果你用這些錢來購買

another property within the next 45 days, you don't have to pay a dime in taxes.

在未來45天內購買另一處房產，你就不必支付一毛錢的稅款。

It's not unique to real estate, but it applies to other assets such as stocks.

這不是房地產獨有的，但它適用於其他資產，如股票。

But it's a little complicated with stocks.

但是對於股票來說就有點複雜了。

That's why you lower and accountants to make sure you are eligible to such tax differ.

這就是為什麼你要降低和會計師，以確保你有資格獲得這種稅收差異。


 If you dig deep into the tax code, you will

如果你深入挖掘稅法，你會發現

find out that there are multiple ways to avoid taxes.

發現有多種方法可以避稅。

Most of the taxes are paid by High-income earners like doctors, lowers, engineers, and

大部分稅收是由高收入者支付的，如醫生、低層人士、工程師和

so on, but the real rich pay the lowest percentage possible. 

以此類推，但真正的富人支付的比例是最低的。

Anyways, it's time to go and get your two free stocks from we bull of you.

總之，現在是時候去從我們這些大牛那裡得到你的兩支免費股票了。

Use the link in the description.

使用描述中的鏈接。

Or check out my special course on Skillshare that will teach how to invest in the stock

或查看我在Skillshare上的特別課程，該課程將教授如何投資於股票

market like those rich people.

像那些富人一樣的市場。

And most importantly, give this video a thumbs up if you want to help and subscribe if you

最重要的是，如果你想幫忙，請給這個視頻豎起大拇指，如果你想訂閱，請訂閱

are new around here.

在這裡是新的。


 Thanks for watching and until next time. 

謝謝你的觀看，直到下一次。