I recently overheard an interesting dinner conversation. A woman and her partner, who runs his own private equity fund, and who live in different cities, were discussing the time they spent commuting to see each other. She lives in New York; he’s in a southern city for business. When he expressed how much fun he was having at their Manhattan pied-à-terre, I suggested they simply buy a bigger place and live together full time in New York. His response: “Oh, I couldn’t do that. I’d be paying a much higher tax rate.”
前不久,我在一次晚餐时无意中听到一段有趣的对话。一位女士和她的伴侣——他经营着自己的私募股权基金,两人住在不同城市——在谈论他们往返见面所花的时间。她住在纽约,他因为生意而在南方一座城市工作。当他说到自己在他们位于曼哈顿的小公寓里有多开心时,我就建议他们干脆买一套大一点的房子,一起长期住在纽约。他的回答是:“哦,那可不行。我得按更高的税率纳税。”