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It is true that the rich are the leaders of philanthropy, whether they are famous or not, but in fact the poor benefit.

But in the United States, are those rich people really doing charity at the cost of lost wealth?

The answer is no.

First of all, the motives of the rich for charity have to be divided into two parts:

On the one hand, it cannot be denied that the rich do have the idea and purpose of giving back to society;

But on the other hand, the reason why the rich people in the United States are so keen on charity is also inseparable from the high inheritance tax in the United States.

How scary is the inheritance tax in the United States?

According to the different inheritance bases, it can basically reach a span of 18%-49%, and if the inheritance exceeds 100 million, sorry, at least half must be handed over to the state.

For example, Bill Gates has an inheritance of $50 billion (certainly more than that), and if his children want to get the money after Gates dies, then they themselves will have to pay a high inheritance tax of $25 billion before they can receive the $50 billion inheritance.

Some people may say, can you get the money first and then pay the tax?

Unfortunately, no!

If his children don't have 25 billion, sorry, they won't get a single inheritance. And Gates' children now almost certainly don't have 25 billion.

So theoretically, they can't get any money.

Why do rich people in the United States love to donate money?

Because there is an unwritten rule there, that is, after donations, they can form a charitable fund, and after the death of the donor, the children can get a kickback from the fund, or in the name of the fund manager, to dispose of the fund.

So as to achieve the purpose of reasonable tax avoidance.

According to the law of the United States, donations and insurance are exempt from inheritance tax.

Bill Gates donated not to the Red Cross, but to his own fund, and the heirs of the Gates Fund are his children.

There are many lawyers and accountants in the United States who specifically design fund contribution taxes for the wealthy. And in the United States, many of the people who support the inheritance tax are the rich, what is the reason?

Because only the rich can afford to spend money to avoid taxes.

Some people will ask, how can there be such a loophole if the law of the United States is so sound?

It is safe to say that the economic laws of the United States are the rules of the game designed by these rich people, and there will inevitably be unspoken rules that are consistent with collective interests, and they are crowned with the noble hat of religious belief and donation, and they can avoid taxes, so why don't they do it?

Of course, it is not excluded that they will really engage in charity, because after all, no matter how much tax avoidance and control of the fund, some of the money will still go to charity.

But it is really doubtful that a capitalist who has worked hard all his life to donate money to serve the people, and still donates it when he has biological children.

The media has disclosed Bill Gates' fund more than once: judging from the annual financial announcement, this fund is profitable.

A charitable fund is actually profitable, which may be very subversive of some people's three views.

In short, under the current laws of the United States, donating one's property to a charitable fund in one's name is the best way to dispose of one's property.

Ensure that your property is in the hands of your own family, so that your children and grandchildren can benefit. So Bill Gates' donation of his own philanthropic funds is a clever way to dispose of his own assets, regardless of morality, and anyone else will do it.

Bill Gates' donation was hyped by the Celestial Empire media, but in fact it was not just a moral issue, in fact, it was more about avoiding taxes and making good use of his wealth.

To tell you the truth, Ruan Erniu is not like this.

Objectively, he is also contributing to his compatriots, but this does not prevent him from maintaining and increasing the value of his assets.

At this point, Ruan Erniu had already had several detailed exchanges with Ouyang Haotian.

In short, Ruan Erniu, as a multimillionaire now and a billionaire in the future, is just following a rule of the game. His own enthusiasm for charity is secondary.

Of course, it remains to be seen whether Ruan Erniu can reach the heights of Gates in the future, but he already knows a lot about this set of games of the rich people in the United States.

The control of assets is not something that can be straightened out in a while, and Ruan Erniu does not have more energy to focus on this now.

After talking to Ouyang Haotian, Ruan Erniu received a long-distance call from Dr. Han to report his safety. Since everything is fine with the person he is concerned about, then Ruan Erniu must of course focus on his future opponent.

Will the Atlanta Hawks face the Boston Celtics or the Orlando Magic?

Now, the eyes of all-rice basketball fans are focused on this tie-break.

That is, on the night when Ruan Erniu received the call, on May 18, 2008, Celtics VS Magic's G7 kicked off at the North Shore Garden Arena.

The biggest feature of G7 as a life-and-death battle is that the bias of the home referee is not obvious, after all, when it comes to the battle of life and death, if the whistle is biased towards one side, the credibility of the league will be greatly hit.

The league itself is still more inclined to use strength to determine the promotion spot.

In the first quarter of the game, the scores of the two teams did not pull away, and the Celtics, who were playing at home, were only slightly ahead of their opponents by 5 points.

The second quarter of the game was almost a remake of the first quarter, and the two teams did not open up much of a gap under the scorching duel, but the stronger Celtics have shown their ability to suppress. They won by five more points in the second quarter.

At the end of the first half, the Magic trailed by 10 points at 40:50.

In the third quarter of the game, the Magic team finally played an advantageous situation under the leadership of Howard, especially the Sparks, and tonight's performance must be no worse than Ruan Erniu, he successfully singled Perkins, Garnett, and Davis in a row on the inside, and led the team to recover 7 points in a single quarter in the third quarter.

At 72:75, the two teams entered the final quarter with a narrow gap of 3 points.

In the final quarter, Pierce stepped up, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers from the outside to pull the score away.

At the moment of life and death, it was Spark that stood up again, and after he won the inside line and won the inside line, after attracting the bag, he created many opportunities for his teammates to vacate many places.

If the Magic's three-point shooting group was good enough, maybe they would have won this game.

But the race didn't take place, and the Magic eventually fell to the finish line.

Paul Pierce succeeded in consecutive singles at the last minute, and broke out strongly to seal the victory.

94:97, in the end, the Celtics only defeated the opponent by a narrow advantage of 3 points, and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals in two consecutive rounds.

In this game, Paul Pierce was the well-deserved MVP, he scored 41 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists.

He alone accounted for more than 42% of the team's scores.

On the Magic side, Dwight Howard's play did not have to be bad at all, as he scored 30 points, 22 rebounds, and 7 assists. If teammates can be a little more accurate, the Sparks will have no problem getting a triple-double.

Even Ruan Erniu tweeted: "Howard didn't lose to Pierce, it's just that the Celtics are stronger than the Magic." ”

In any case, the Hawks' opponent in the East is finally decided, and they are the Boston Celtics.

This year's Eastern Conference playoffs, although there are often surprises and surprises, but in the end they all come back to normal.

The two teams in the top two teams in the East during the regular season finally reached the Eastern Conference Finals, and the outcome of this script was expected by most people.

On this day, Ruan Erniu turned 20 years old.