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進入中英對照讀新聞》New York AG： Sotheby’s helped rich art lover skirt taxes 紐約檢察長：蘇富比協助富有藝術品愛好者逃稅
紐約蘇富比拍賣公司大門去年6月檔案照。（美聯社）
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Sotheby’s helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the state attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Friday, accusing the prominent auction house of accepting bogus documentation to spare a top client a tax bill.
蘇富比公司協助一名藝術收藏家在紐約逃避數百萬美元銷售稅，該州檢察長在週五提出的一起訴訟中說，並指控這家重量級拍賣公司接受不實文件，以便讓一名頂級客戶逃避一項稅款。
The case involves $27 million worth of purchases of pieces by such artists as painter Jean-Michel Basquiat and sculptor Anish Kapoor, and it portrays Sotheby’s as so eager to keep a top client’s business that staffers enabled him to pass himself off as an art dealer for tax purposes.
此案牽涉購買畫家巴斯基亞（Jean-Michel Basquiat）、雕塑家卡普爾（Anish Kapoor）等人作品，價值達2700萬美元，呈現出蘇富比亟欲留住一名頂級客戶的生意，其員工不惜讓這名客戶假冒藝術品交易商身分逃稅。
"Sotheby’s violated the law and fleeced New York taxpayers out of millions just to boost its own sales," Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, said in a statement. （AP）
民主黨籍的檢察長詹姆斯在聲明中說，「蘇富比違反了法律，從紐約納稅人手中敲詐了數百萬元，只為了提高其銷售業績」。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
dodge：動詞，迴避、閃避。例句：The official dodged questions about his scandal.（這名官員避談關於他醜聞的問題。）
bogus：形容詞，假的，偽造的，非法的。例句：His accusation was found to be bogus.（他的指控被發現不實。）
pass someone/something off as：片語，假冒成某事或人。例句：Josh passed the work off as his own.（喬許冒稱這件作品出自他手。）
