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by dmurray 2487 days ago
It depends. If you're a profitable company and the money comes out of a dividend you were going to pay your owners, it's $700 (and the ultimate cost to the owners is less again). But if you're struggling to pay the bills, or the fine is big enough to threaten your operating cashflow, it's a full $1000 you can't spend on new machinery or whatever.