South American Conflict

The sale of the television technology would bring Arthur approximately 220.5 million Australian dollars in revenue, but a considerable portion of it would have to be handed over to the government as tax.

In fact, Arthur could use certain legitimate methods to avoid taxes and reduce the amount of tax the Royal Consortium had to pay each year.

But as the monarch of the nation, Arthur's every word and action had an important leading influence. If Arthur himself began legally avoiding taxes, more capitalists and entrepreneurs would certainly choose to do the same.

As a result, the tax revenue collected by the country would drop drastically, which would in turn affect the nation's total annual fiscal revenue.

In any case, for Arthur, handing over taxes was merely a matter of pouring money from his left hand into his right. The higher the government's tax revenue and annual fiscal income became, the better it was for Arthur as well.

Judging by Australasia's relevant tax rates, this income of 220.5 million Australian dollars would require at least around 50 million Australian dollars in tax.

For the government, receiving more than ten million additional Australian dollars in tax revenue each year for three years was already quite good news.

Speaking of which, the Royal Consortium under Arthur's control was not only Australasia's largest taxpayer, but also the enterprise with the most employees in Australasia.

According to the Royal Consortium's annual report, in 1930, the Royal Consortium paid more than 17 million Australian dollars in taxes to the government, accounting for 35.7 percent of the government's total tax revenue.

If its other industries were included, the taxes paid to the government by Arthur's businesses were almost equal to the combined taxes paid by all other industries.

Paying so much tax also represented one thing: