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US athletes have to pay tax on medals
美國(guó)運(yùn)動(dòng)員拿獎(jiǎng)牌得交稅
Olympic glory comes at a cost - if you're American, at any rate. Michael Phelps's five gold medals from Rio, plus his one silver, could cost him up to $55,000 (£42,000) in taxes, it has been estimated.
享受奧運(yùn)榮譽(yù)是要付出代價(jià)的——至少美國(guó)人是。邁克爾?菲爾普斯在里約奧運(yùn)會(huì)中收獲五枚金牌,一枚銀牌,而據(jù)估計(jì),他因此在納稅上的開(kāi)支將多達(dá)5.5萬(wàn)美金(折合4.2萬(wàn)英鎊)。
This is mainly because the US Olympic Committee awards prize money to medal winners - $25,000 (£16,000) for gold, $15,000 (£10,000) for silver, and $10,000 (£6,000) for bronze - and this is considered taxable income by the US Internal Revenue Service. Many other countries give medal bonuses - Singapore's Joseph Schooling, it's reported, will get $753,000 (£573,000) for his gold.
這主要是因?yàn)槊绹?guó)奧委會(huì)會(huì)向獎(jiǎng)牌獲得者發(fā)放獎(jiǎng)金——每枚金牌獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)2.5萬(wàn)美金(折合1.6萬(wàn)英鎊),每枚銀牌1.5萬(wàn)美金(折合1萬(wàn)英鎊),每枚銅牌1萬(wàn)美金(折合6000英鎊)——而這筆獎(jiǎng)金被美國(guó)國(guó)稅局納入應(yīng)稅收入。還有很多國(guó)家也會(huì)為獲獎(jiǎng)運(yùn)動(dòng)員發(fā)放獎(jiǎng)金——據(jù)稱(chēng),奪得金牌的新加坡運(yùn)動(dòng)員約瑟夫?斯庫(kù)林就將被國(guó)家授予75.3萬(wàn)美金(折合57.3萬(wàn)英鎊)的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。
However, in the US the medals are also given a value and taxed, based on the value of the materials they are made of. According to Forbes magazine, a 500g gold medal from Rio is worth $564 (£429), because it is mostly silver, plated with only 6g of gold. Silver medals are worth roughly $300 (£228), and bronze medals, which are mostly made of copper, only about $4 (£3).
但在美國(guó),獎(jiǎng)牌被納入應(yīng)稅收入范圍,并根據(jù)不同材料而被明碼標(biāo)價(jià)。根據(jù)《福布斯》雜志的報(bào)導(dǎo),里約奧運(yùn)的一枚凈重500克的金牌價(jià)值僅562美金(折合429英鎊),因?yàn)槠渲饕馁|(zhì)是銀,只有表面鍍上了6克的黃金。銀牌價(jià)值300美金(折合228英鎊),而銅牌主要是由銅制成,僅值4美金(折合3英鎊)。
Members of the US Congress have made several efforts to make athletes' medal payments tax-exempt, but as yet to no avail.
美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)議員曾多次提出要減免運(yùn)動(dòng)員的獎(jiǎng)牌稅額,但到目前為止收效甚微。
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