My Ranch

Chapter 20: tax

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"Okay, gentlemen, congratulations, you have got a job." After some understanding, Jiang Hai hesitated and nodded to the people in front of him, officially accepting these people as his own. staff.

After hearing Jiang Hai's words, these people's faces were obviously filled with joy. They did not expect that they could find jobs so quickly, and then they simply set their wages.

Because Jiang Hai set a salary for Robbins-Garcia at eight hundred dollars per week, he didn't set it too low for them.

Burke-Dahler's salary is $750 per month, Philly Lesser-Turner is also $750, Harriman-Fells is $700 per week, and Bell Rice is $750 per month. The same is true for Te, but this is just a dead salary. If it is profitable or something, there will naturally be bonuses. After booking the money, Jiang Hai and others breathed a sigh of relief.

The first wave of people has been recruited. If you want to find the brewer and crew next, you can't find them here.

According to Philemon Turner, who used to be a sailor, if you want to find a sailor, you have to go to another bar. Winthrop is a real seaside town. If you want to find cowboys here, you can only find them at Song of the Cowboys. arrived, but it was much easier to find a sailor. After everything was settled, the two got into Robbins's old pickup truck and headed towards Jiang Hai's manor.

"Hush, this time the structure of the farm is finally established." Sitting in the car, looking at the scene of continuous retreat, Jiang Hai said in a low voice, but after listening to his words, Robbins-Garcia here laughed.

"Hey, boss, you think too simply. Now we just have to find all the people. Then we have to buy cows. Oh, by the way, if the boss wants to raise so many cows, he will also need a lot of cattle dogs. We also need this. We need to buy, and there are also trucks for pulling cattle. We can't always rent them. The amount we need is really too big. There are also lawn mowers and machines for cleaning cowsheds. Phew, I haven't used them for a long time. Cattle, now that I think about it, it’s really troublesome.” There are so many troubles just raising cattle, and it will be even more troublesome when it comes to raising fish. However, from Jiang Hai’s perspective, raising fish is actually much easier. .

Because of his blood, it only needs to be diluted and sprinkled by the water. He believes that it is impossible for those fry and the like to escape, and it is very likely to attract other big fish. However, he There's no way to tell.

As for raising cattle, he has also thought about it. Feeding cattle directly to drink his own blood? He's not that perverted.

But if the diluted blood is put on the grass, after the cows eat the grass, the effect will be reduced, but it is probably not good, but I guess I will bleed again this time, but fortunately, The replenishment here is fast, one drop of blood can recover in one day, and you won't feel particularly distressed.

"Do you still want to buy a dog? What kind of dog do you want to buy?" After temporarily retracting his thoughts, Jiang Hai asked Robbins.

"Oh, then this is very particular!" Robbins said with a smile after hearing Jiang Hai's question.

Cattle dogs are similar to sheep dogs, but there are some differences, because cows are different from sheep. Although they have the same gentle temperament, cows are too powerful and have a certain degree of aggression. Therefore, only smart and large dogs can be selected for cattle dogs. dog.

Nowadays, there are basically four varieties of cattle dogs chosen by cattle farmers, Australian cattle dogs, Belgian cattle dogs, Appenze cattle dogs, and German cattle dogs, among which the German cattle dogs are German shepherds. An improved version of the dog.

As for German shepherds, they are the legendary black-backed ones. When choosing a cattle dog, you should mainly choose those who are smart and powerful.

Some people have said that these dogs are not as smart as Su Mu, but Su Mu is too weak and powerful. Those large dogs such as Caucasus and Doberman are stronger, but these dogs are too stupid, but for Jiang Hai , this is not necessarily true, after all, he has the ability to improve the IQ of these dogs, but he did not tell others.

In addition to the dog, according to Robbins, the second step is to buy a flatbed truck. The so-called flatbed truck is not the kind that is pushed by hand, but the kind of flatbed truck that is hung on the back of a pickup truck to pull cattle. For this, a large pickup truck is also needed. , the bigger the horsepower, the better.

We also need a machine to clean the cowshed. You can imagine, if Jiang Hai wants to buy cows, even if it is 20,000 cows, how much shit will he poop in a day? If there are hundreds or thousands of heads, it can still be solved manually, but how to solve the problem of 20,000 heads? It would take a few days to do it by humans, so we need a machine to clean these things. When the cows are let out during the day, the place should be cleaned. It must be cleaned before the cows come back at night. This is really not the case. An easy thing.

Thinking about what he still has to do, Jiang Hai has some headaches. He is very lazy and very afraid of trouble, but it seems that he has found a trouble for himself and calmed down. After all, money It's all spent, and he's not going to sell this place, so he can accept this idea. After sorting out his mood, Jiang Hai suddenly remembered what Robbins said when he came here.

"By the way, Robbins, you said when you came, do I still need to file taxes? What taxes should I file? I didn't make any money." Looking at Robbins, Jiang Hai asked a little strangely. After hearing Jiang Hai's words , Robbins was stunned for a moment, and then explained.

In fact, when I am in China, no matter what forum or website, there are always some American or European boasts, saying every day that the living environment here in the United States is good, the air is good, the food is good, and the housing is good. , sleep well, work well, earn a lot, etc., etc., it is said that this place is like a paradise, but in fact, there are some advantages in China, which are completely incomparable here.

That is the tax policy. To be honest, very few people know how to pay taxes in the country. The highest personal income tax in the country is only 20%, which seems to be a lot. One-fifth is given to the country. , but compared with the United States and Europe, it was far behind. He didn't know Jiang Hai before he came, but now he is here. When applying for a green card, he also learned about some taxes.

For example, when it comes to federal and state taxes, the state tax in Massachusetts is relatively low among the American empire. Even if Jiang Hai's future ranch becomes profitable and reaches the highest level, the tax rate is only 5%, but the federal tax is high.

Even based on the subsidy, he still gets 39.6% of the maximum amount. After deducting the subsidy, there is still about 35%, which means that 10% of the money he earns every year. Forty is for the American emperor.

At the same time, you have to pay 6.2% of the social security fund, which is the pension, also called social security money in China.

There is also 1.45% of the medical insurance money. Of course, this is also divided into levels. Jiang Hai is not too clear about the specifics, but he knows that half of the money he earns every year cannot go into his pocket. I can only laugh at this.

But the question now is, has he not made money yet? What did he pay? As it turns out, he was too naive.

In the American empire, everything costs money. Every breath of air you breathe costs money. You really need money.

The land purchased by Jiang Hai has to pay real estate tax every year. This is required regardless of whether you make money or not. Moreover, the territory Jiang Hai occupies is huge. He has to pay 3.6% of the highest-end real estate. Of course, most of the tax is on grassland and fisheries, but this also requires tax. To balance it out, he has to pay a 1.2% use tax on this land almost every year.

The price of this piece of land is 280 million U.S. dollars. If nothing else happens, the land use tax alone is 3.36 million U.S. dollars per year. This does not include the medical insurance required. , if you get married and have children in the future, the education expenses will be outrageous. After all, the schools here are divided into public and private.

But public schools are really not good. On the contrary, private schools are much better, but at this price, they are also much better.

"My head is dripping!" After hearing Robbins' words, Jiang Hai couldn't help but rub his temples. He felt like his head was about to explode. Why are there so many things? When I read the novel before, I never mentioned that there were so many things on the American imperial side

He felt as if he had been deceived by others and thought everything was too wonderful.

"If I had known this, I might as well just buy a piece of forest land and drill into the mountains." After muttering something in a low voice, Jiang Hai said helplessly. When he said this, he used Chinese, so Robbins didn't Understand.

However, he could tell that Jiang Hai's current mood didn't seem to be very good, so he consciously kept his mouth shut.

Life in the United States is indeed difficult. According to information released by the United States in 2011, the income of the middle family in the United States is about $50,000 per year. If this is the case, considering they have a small house in the suburbs In a villa, a couple, with two children, a dog, and two cars, it costs $50,000. After paying taxes, they may have to live on subsidies, let alone American imperialism. , even in China, with 50,000 soft sister coins a year, if you live alone, you will live very coolly, but if you live with a family, haha, what if the children still have to go to school? Hahaha... If there are still old people to support, hey...

After Jiang Hai returned home, he did not go to sleep directly. Instead, after taking a shower, he turned on the laptop he brought specially from China. Buying laptops abroad is cheaper and has better performance. But the problem is that there is no Chinese operating system, and he can't understand it. It happened to be that this time when he returned to China, he brought it with him. The computer and mobile phone were all equipped with them. After checking the computer, he carefully calculated that he still had left over money.

Robbins didn't know how much money Jiang Hai had now. In fact, only Jiang Hai knew how much money he had.

Those stones were sold for a total of 332 million U.S. dollars, and a total of 280 million was spent to buy this manor.

There are still 52 million US dollars left. To renovate the house, buy things, return to China, etc., the 2 million US dollars can be considered spent.

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