Brandon is the oldest of the four, and he didn't show much when dealing with Shen Bao in the past, anyway, he was responsible for the conversion of funds and tax payment, and there was never a problem.

But this time he showed the demeanor of a big brother: "It's not difficult to deal with gold ore, but isn't it a thousand tons of rough extraction gold ore?" Listen to my thoughts, I've thought about it for a long time. ”

The three of them looked at him, and he paused and said: "It is not very reliable to salvage a thousand tons of gold ore from a ship, we can expand it and find a fleet that sank in the North Atlantic!" And we have to open up this news, and when the time comes, throw down a few tons and dozens of tons of ore, so that more salvage companies can enter. ”

Qin Shiou shrugged: "Why?" That's millions of dollars, isn't it? ”

"Expand the beneficiary base, increase the credibility of this matter, and reduce the risk of us being investigated." Brandon said.

The three of them nodded in understanding, and Brandon continued: "But I still want to deal with it in the United States, why come to Canada?" Taxes in Canada are terrible, don't deal with money here. ”

Canada has always had the saying that "the country of 10,000 taxes" has a very complex tax system, and it is difficult to describe how much tax people pay in a single number.

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 the people.

As the name suggests, everyone's income is free after Tax Freedom Day, and the money earned after this day is their own, and before this day. Most people pay taxes on the money they earn, and only after that day does the money they earn go into their pockets.

This year's Tax Freedom Day is June 8. That is, the money that Canadians have earned up to this day. All the money is just enough to pay the taxes for the current year.

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

But from this you can see how terrible Canada's taxes are, foreigners only see the country's good benefits, and then they emigrate, and when immigrants come in, they know that they are being cheated - they will pay the taxes and they pee their pants.

In addition, the renowned Fraser Institute has created a comprehensive statistical method modeled on the Consumer Price Index, which is modeled on the Statistical Office's composite price index. A "Canadian Consumer Tax Index" was created.

There are many types of taxes in Canada, including various taxes and fees paid to 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 of these taxes and fees are added together, the total amount of taxes paid by Canadian households last year totaled $33,272, or 42.1% of the average Canadian household income of $79,010, which ranks among the top 10 in the world according to the Fraser Institute.

Even more impressive are some countries, such as Sweden, which has an index of 56.6%. Denmark is 55 per cent and Aruba is 59 per cent, and of course these countries have the smallest gap between rich and poor, and the best national welfare.

Qin Shiou took out his mobile phone, 'Click, click, click' and counted for a while. sighed: "Ma Dan, I always thought that I would double my assets and become a monopoly this time, but in fact, I don't have much to get my hands on, right?" At least 50% tax. Even if I can get 200 million, I still have to pay 100 million in taxes?! ”

said. He wondered, "There weren't so many in the past, did it?" ”

They have already auctioned artworks many times, and Qin Shiou has counted them before. Every time he paid less than 20 percent of his taxes, never less than 50 percent.

"Yes, there weren't that many in the past, and I used to use leather bag companies to avoid taxes," Brandon said. You must know that there are many places in the world where the tax is relatively low, such as Macau, as long as 12%, even if you add the money up and down, it is not half of 50%. ”

"But if you bring gold ore to Canada for processing, it is not so simple to avoid taxes overseas, Canada's tax laws are much stricter than those in the United States, especially overseas tax pursuit, Farke, it's just awesome!"

After such a discussion, Qin Shiou and Billy were dumbfounded, it seemed that it was more cost-effective to deal with this batch of gold ore in the United States, and half of the tax payment amount was too high.

"Is that still going to be done in the United States?" Qin Shiou sighed and asked, really worried, "I'm worried that Washington will get the news of our gold ore and directly send the navy to steal it." ”

According to the internationally accepted "Discovery Act", if they want to salvage the gold ore and bring it to the United States, they must first publish a notice through the media at the beginning of the discovery.

The Discovery Act is an international salvage law that has been in place for more than half a century, and it was originally created not to protect shipwrecks and the like, but to use them for the property of whales, catches, etc., which have never been owned by the owner.

Later, with the emergence of the international marine salvage craze, the "Discovery Law" was gradually applied to shipwrecks, and lawyers believed that because of their age, shipwrecks meant that they were abandoned by the original owners, and there was no owner just like the catches.

For shipwreck salvage companies, the "Discovery Law" is a good thing, this thing is simply interpreted as "whoever finds it belongs to whom", so many ships salvaged in international waters now almost follow this convention, whoever finds the wreck site and salvages it belongs to whomever belongs.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is okay to issue a notice, whoever finds it and salvages it belongs to whom, which is protected by international law, and ordinary salvage people are not capable of looting, even if they report relevant news.

However, the U.S. government has the ability to do so, so what if they get the news and run to cut it off?

After Qin Shiou expressed his worries, Brandon and Little Blake shook their heads and said, "You filter, don't worry about this, it's just ten tons of gold, it's not worth the U.S. government." ”

Billy also nodded and said, "Yes, don't worry about this, the U.S. government is not dark enough to this extent." ”

Qin Shiou looked at him and said, "Why did you agree with me before I said that I would come to Canada to deal with ores?" ”

Billy lamented: "The two of us are not thinking about the same thing, you don't usually pay attention to the news in this area, you don't know the situation - damn Washington not only enacted the "Abandoned Shipwreck Law" itself, but they also want to abolish the "Discovery Law" that is commonly used in the world and adopt 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 regard, little Blake heard about it a little, but he didn't take it seriously, as for Brandon? He is now talking about love all day long, and naturally he doesn't understand this matter. (To be continued......)