尽管生活中大多数人总是试图少交一些税，但是近日一些荷兰公司却发现，如果它们故意多交一些税，那么最终政府能退还给它们比多交税款额更多的钱。

    据路透社11月7日报道，当日，荷兰财政大臣格里特·扎尔姆在其网络日志（博客）中对上述现象进行了解释，原来，该国财政部根据法律对于多收的税款在日后返还时都将再支付5%的利息，这个利息额超过了所有商业银行现行的存款利率额。于是，有些公司便故意向政府多交税款。

    扎尔姆说，“当他们最终想拿回多交的税款时，只需再提交一个新的应交税款额数字即可”。他还表示，应当尽快杜绝这种拿政府当银行使用的做法。

    While most people try to avoid paying taxes as best as they can, some Dutch firms have discovered they can earn more money by doing just the opposite.

    Because the Dutch Treasury pays 5 percent interest on any excess amount paid that it returns later -- more than commercial banks would offer -- some firms gladly accept an estimate that is too high, Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm complained on his weblog Monday.

    "If it turns out they need the money after all, they just submit a new estimate," Zalm said, adding this kind of "banking with the government" needed to stop as quickly as possible.

    "The state now needs to borrow less, but the 3.25 percent that we save this way doesn't outweigh the 5 percent we have to pay," Zalm said.