Another way of putting it, the government is effectively saying that unaccredited investors are free to invest in corporations that invest in real estate and they're subject to the corporate profits tax.

换句话说,实际上政府允许,非可信投资者自由投资,那些投资房地产的公司,只是他们必须上缴公司所得税

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If they awarded options that were "In the money" -that means already exercisable at profit -then they would be subject to a tax liability immediately, so they don't want to do that.

如果这些奖励的股票期权是价内期权,这说明期权行权即可赢利,这些利润是要交税的,当然他们想避免交税

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