三星的创始人家族将捐出数以万计的包括毕加索和达利画作在内的珍稀艺术品,并且向医学研究捐赠数亿美元,以支付去年三星前董事长李健熙逝世后产生的巨额遗产税。
4月28日,三星表示,李氏家族(包括李健熙的妻子和三个子女)预计将支付超过12万亿韩元(108亿美元)的遗产税。这将是韩国有史以来最大的一笔遗产税收入,总数达到了韩国去年遗产税收入总额的三倍之多。李氏家族计划于五年内分6次分期付完这笔遗产税,第一笔付款将在本月支付。
为遗产税筹措资金,对李氏家族扩展三星帝国业务的野心来说将至关重要。三星的业务目前横跨半导体、智能手机、电视,乃至建筑、造船和保险等众多领域。有专家表示,这一过程可能导致整个集团的重组。
将已故董事长收藏的大量名作捐献出去,则有助于遗产税的支付,因为家族不必为捐赠的艺术品纳税。
李氏家族计划将李健熙个人收藏中的2.3万件藏品捐赠给两所国有博物馆。三星称,藏品包括古代韩国(朝鲜)绘画、书籍和其他被认定为国宝的文化资产,韩国现代艺术家(包括朴寿根和李仲燮等画家)的画作,以及马克·夏加尔、巴勃罗·毕加索和保罗·高更、克劳德·莫奈、胡安·米罗和萨尔瓦多·达利的作品。
李氏家族还将捐赠1万亿韩元(约合9亿美元)用于传染病研究,并为患有癌症和罕见疾病的儿童提供治疗。
在2020年10月去世之前,李健熙就受到广泛的赞誉:是他一手将三星电子公司(Samsung Electronics Co.)从小型电视制造商培养壮大为半导体和消费电子领域的全球性巨头。但他的这一领导性地位也曾经受到腐败罪的动摇。一直以来,韩国的家族企业集团与政客之间不透明的关系饱受诟病。李健熙在2014年心脏病发作后住院数年。
李健熙唯一的儿子、公司继承人李在镕,以三星电子副董事长的身份执掌三星集团。现在他正处服刑阶段。李在镕曾经因为卷入2016年的韩国政府腐败丑闻而被判两年半徒刑,当时这一丑闻引发了该国民众的大规模抗议,并导致时任韩国总统朴槿惠被弹劾下台。(财富中文网)
三星的创始人家族将捐出数以万计的包括毕加索和达利画作在内的珍稀艺术品,并且向医学研究捐赠数亿美元,以支付去年三星前董事长李健熙逝世后产生的巨额遗产税。
4月28日,三星表示,李氏家族(包括李健熙的妻子和三个子女)预计将支付超过12万亿韩元(108亿美元)的遗产税。这将是韩国有史以来最大的一笔遗产税收入,总数达到了韩国去年遗产税收入总额的三倍之多。李氏家族计划于五年内分6次分期付完这笔遗产税,第一笔付款将在本月支付。
为遗产税筹措资金,对李氏家族扩展三星帝国业务的野心来说将至关重要。三星的业务目前横跨半导体、智能手机、电视,乃至建筑、造船和保险等众多领域。有专家表示,这一过程可能导致整个集团的重组。
将已故董事长收藏的大量名作捐献出去,则有助于遗产税的支付,因为家族不必为捐赠的艺术品纳税。
李氏家族计划将李健熙个人收藏中的2.3万件藏品捐赠给两所国有博物馆。三星称,藏品包括古代韩国(朝鲜)绘画、书籍和其他被认定为国宝的文化资产,韩国现代艺术家(包括朴寿根和李仲燮等画家)的画作,以及马克·夏加尔、巴勃罗·毕加索和保罗·高更、克劳德·莫奈、胡安·米罗和萨尔瓦多·达利的作品。
李氏家族还将捐赠1万亿韩元(约合9亿美元)用于传染病研究,并为患有癌症和罕见疾病的儿童提供治疗。
在2020年10月去世之前,李健熙就受到广泛的赞誉:是他一手将三星电子公司(Samsung Electronics Co.)从小型电视制造商培养壮大为半导体和消费电子领域的全球性巨头。但他的这一领导性地位也曾经受到腐败罪的动摇。一直以来,韩国的家族企业集团与政客之间不透明的关系饱受诟病。李健熙在2014年心脏病发作后住院数年。
李健熙唯一的儿子、公司继承人李在镕,以三星电子副董事长的身份执掌三星集团。现在他正处服刑阶段。李在镕曾经因为卷入2016年的韩国政府腐败丑闻而被判两年半徒刑,当时这一丑闻引发了该国民众的大规模抗议,并导致时任韩国总统朴槿惠被弹劾下台。(财富中文网)
编译:杨二一
Samsung’s founding family will donate tens of thousands of rare artworks, including Picassos and Dalis, and give hundreds of millions of dollars to medical research to help them pay a massive inheritance tax following last year’s death of chairman Lee Kun-Hee.
The Lee family, including his wife and three children, expects to pay more than 12 trillion won ($10.8 billion) in taxes related to inheritance, Samsung said on April 28. This would be the largest-ever amount in South Korea and more than three times the country’s total estate tax revenue for last year. The family plans to divide the payment in six installments over five years, while making the first payment this month.
Raising cash for the tax payment is crucial for the Lee family to extend its control over Samsung’s business empire, which extends from semiconductors, smartphones and TVs to construction, shipbuilding and insurance. Some analysts say the process could result in a shakeup across the group.
Giving away the late chairman’s vast collection of masterpieces could help smoothen the payment as his family wouldn’t need to pay taxes on donated artworks.
The family plans to donate 23,000 pieces from Lee’s personal collection to two state-run museums. They include old Korean paintings, books and other cultural assets designated as national treasures, paintings of modern Korean artists, including Park Soo-keun and Lee Jung-seop, and the works of Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso and Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Joan Miro and Salvador Dali, Samsung said.
The Lee family will also donate 1 trillion won ($900 million) to help fund infectious disease research and treatment for children with cancer and rare illnesses.
Before his death in October, Lee was credited for transforming Samsung Electronics Co. from a small television maker into a global giant in semiconductors and consumer electronics. But his leadership was also marred by corruption convictions that highlighted the traditionally murky ties between the country's family-owned conglomerates and politicians. He had been hospitalized for years following a heart attack in 2014.
Lee's only son and corporate heir, Lee Jae-yong, who has since helmed the group in his capacity as vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, is currently serving a two and a half-year sentence for his involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal that spurred massive protests and ousted South Korea’s then-president.