At some companies, corporate expense runs 10% or more of operating earnings. The tithing that operations thus makes to headquarters not only hurts earnings, but more importantly slashes capital values. If the business that spends 10% on headquarters" costs achieves earnings at its operating levels identical to those achieved by the business that incurs costs of only 1%, shareholders of the first enterprise suffer a 9% loss in the value of their holdings simply because of corporate overhead. Charlie and I have observed no correlation between high corporate costs and good corporate performance. In fact, we see the simpler, low-cost operation as more likely to operate effectively than its bureaucratic brethren. We"re admirers of the Wal-Mart, Nucor, Dover, GEICO, Golden West Financial and Price Co. models.
在某些公司,营业费用可能占营业利益10%以上,这种十分法不但对于盈余有来说,投资人可能因为企业总部额外的费用,立即就要遭受9%以上的损失,查理跟我这么多年观察下来的结果,企业总部的高成本与公司的绩效改善之间可以说是完全没有关系,事实上我们认为组织越简单、成本越低的公司运作起来会比那些拥有庞大官僚组织的公司更有效率的多,就这点而言,我们相当佩服Wal-Mart、Nucor、Dover、GEICO与Golden West等公司。
Late last year Berkshire"s stock price crossed $10,000. Several shareholders have mentioned to me that the high price causes them problems: They like to give shares away each year and find themselves impeded by the tax rule that draws a distinction between annual gifts of $10,000 or under to a single individual and those above $10,000. That is, those gifts no greater than $10,000 are completely tax-free; those above $10,000 require the donor to use up a portion of his or her lifetime exemption from gift and estate taxes, or, if that exemption has been exhausted, to pay gift taxes.
去年底Berkshire的股价正式超越10,000美元大关,有许多股东反应高股价让他们产生相当的困扰,因为他们每年必须分出部份股份,却发现Berkshire的股份价值超过10,000美元年度赠与税上限的门槛,因为超过上限代表捐赠人必须使得个人终身捐赠的上限额度,而且若是再超过的话,就必须要缴赠与税。
I can suggest three ways to address this problem. The first would be useful to a married shareholder, who can give up to $20,000 annually to a single recipient, as long as the donor files a gift tax return containing his or her spouse"s written consent to gifts made during the year.
对于这个问题,我个人提出三种解决的方案,第一对于已婚的股东,可以与配偶共同利用20,000美元的额度,只要在申报年度赠与税时,附上配偶的同意书即可。
Secondly, a shareholder, married or not, can make a bargain sale. Imagine, for example, that Berkshire is selling for $12,000 and that one wishes to make only a $10,000 gift. In that case, sell the stock to the giftee for $2,000. (Caution: You will be taxed on the amount, if any, by which the sales price to your giftee exceeds your tax basis.)
第二不论结婚与否,股东可以考虑以较低的价格进行转让,例如假设Berkshire的股价为12,000美元,则股东可以考虑用2,000元的价格进行移转,则其间10,000美元的差价则视同赠与,(但是大家还是必须注意,若是价差超过你本身累积的免税额度时,还是要被课赠与税)。
Finally, you can establish a partnership with people to whom you are making gifts, fund it with Berkshire shares, and simply give percentage interests in the partnership away each year. These interests can be for any value that you select. If the value is $10,000 or less, the gift will be tax-free.
最后,你可考虑与你要赠与的对象成立合伙关系,以Berkshire的股份参与合伙,然后每年再将部份权益慢慢移转给合伙人,金额的大小可以由你自行决定,只要每年不超过10,000美元的上限,即可免课赠与税。
We issue the customary warning: Consult with your own tax advisor before taking action on any of the more esoteric methods of gift-making.
不过照惯例我们还是要提出警告,在从事比这些例子更极端的交易之前,最好还是跟你的税务顾问咨询一下比较妥当。
We hold to the view about stock splits that we set forth in the 1983 Annual Report. Overall, we believe our owner-related policies - including the no-split policy - have helped us assemble a body of shareholders that is the best associated with any widely-held American corporation. Our shareholders think and behave like rational long-term owners and view the business much as Charlie and I do. Consequently, our stock consistently trades in a price range that is sensibly related to intrinsic value.
在1983年的年报中,我们曾经提到对于股票分割我们持保留的态度,毕竟我们相信我们以股东利益为优先的政策,也包含不分割股份在内,使得我们得以组成一群全美国企业中,最优秀的股东阵容,我们的股东不论是在想法或是做法上,都是长期稳健的投资人,同时与查理跟我一样看重公司,也因此Berkshire的股价也才能一直与公司本身的实质价值保持一致。
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