France’s richest man and LVMH boss denies tax exile bid 法國首富、LVMH老闆否認企圖避稅出逃

France’s richest man and LVMH boss denies tax exile bid 
法國首富、LVMH老闆否認企圖避稅出逃
2012-09-12◎魏國金

France’s richest man and LVMH boss Bernard Arnault said Sunday he was not becoming a tax exile despite seeking Belgian nationality as Paris moves to impose a 75-percent wealth tax.
法國首富、路威酩軒老闆伯納德．阿諾特週日表示，儘管他在巴黎推動稅率75%的富人稅之際尋求比利時國籍，但不會成為避稅出逃者。

"I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will like all French people fulfill my fiscal obligations," the world’s fourth-richest man told AFP.
「我現在是，將來也仍是法國納稅人，就這一點而言，我將如同所有的法國人民，履行我的財政義務，」這位全球排名第四的富豪告訴法新社說。

"Our country must count on everyone to do their bit to face a deep economic crisis amid strict budgetary constraints," he said, adding that the bid for dual nationality was "linked to personal reasons" and began some months ago.
他說，「在嚴格的預算限制之際，我們的國家必須依靠每個人盡其本分，來面對深沉的經濟危機。」他並補充，取得雙重國籍與「個人因素有關」，而且在幾個月前就開始進行。

Arnault’s application comes amid a debate on one of the main pledges that France’s President Francois Hollande, a Socialist, made during the election campaign earlier this year -- to impose a 75-percent tax on incomes above one million euros.
阿諾特此舉出現在法國社會黨總統歐蘭德今年初選戰期間做出的一個重大承諾─對所得超過100萬歐元者徵收75%的稅─衍生爭辯之際。

The head of luxury goods giant LVMH, whose fortune is estimated to stand at $41 billion by Forbes magazine, was close to France’s former right-wing president Nicolas Sarkozy.
這位奢豪精品巨擘LVMH集團負責人與法國前右翼總統薩科茲關係密切；而富比世雜誌估計他的資產站上410億美元。

Following the election of previous Socialist president Francois Mitterrand in 1981, Arnault lived in the United States for three years, returning to France after the Socialists switched to a more conservative economic course. （AFP）
在前任社會黨總統密特朗1981年勝選後，阿諾特住在美國3年，而當社會黨人轉向較保守的經濟路線後，他才返回法國。（法新社）

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count on︰片語，依靠、指望。例句︰You cannot count on your parents for everything in the future.（你將來的一切不能全靠你的父母。）

in this regard︰就此方面、就此而言。例句︰I agree with you in this regard.（就這方面，我同意你的看法。）

do one’s bit︰片語，盡本分。例句︰No one can say she didn’t do her bit.（沒有人可以說她不盡責。）