Bezoss wealth grew by $99bn over the four-year period, but he paid a true tax rate of 0.98%, according to ProPublica. In short, the international profits are magically assigned for tax purposes to a place with 0% corporate taxes. Their wealth derives from the skyrocketing value of their assets, like stock and property. When the company  that is, the real company  earns international profits on its actual production and sales, the real company pays the shell company, based in some Caribbean island, for the use of its own intellectual property. The ultra-wealthy get to pick and choose when and how theyre taxed, Patriotic Millionaires said.
Patriotistic ways pay 2% of any local income taxes assigned to an intellectual property using shell companies.
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    :ARG0 (z1 / way
              :mod (z2 / patriot))
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                           :ARG2 (z5 / tax-01
                                     :ARG1-of (z6 / local-02)
                                     :ARG1-of (z7 / assign-01
                                                  :ARG2 (z8 / property
                                                            :ARG2-of (z9 / use-01
                                                                         :ARG1 (z10 / company
                                                                                    :mod (z11 / shell)))
                                                            :mod (z12 / intellectual)))
                                     :ARG3 (z13 / income)
                                     :mod (z14 / any)))
              :value 2))
Patriotistic ways pay 2 % of any local income taxes assigned to an intellectual property using shell companies .
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