Han Kongque said with a smile: "I have no plans to go to sea recently. I'd better make this place tidy first."
There are many gem mines in the mountains here, and Han Kongque didn't want to give others a chance, so he planned to lay a solid foundation, gain a firm foothold, and think about other things.
As he stayed here longer, Han Peacock became a little jealous of the Americans. Their resources here were so abundant.
Just to the north of this little-known Nevada is Idaho, known as the Gem State. Although most of Idaho is mountainous, there are quite a few gem veins in this mountainous area.
Even the gem mining area in the Sierra Nevada Mountains discovered by Han Peacock is a remnant of the mineral deposits in the mountains in Idaho.
Fortunately, this place is all covered with mountains, so the population is relatively sparse, which allowed Han Peacock to successfully buy a large area of land.
Of course, going west from here is San Francisco, California, where the population is much larger.
It will definitely not be easy for Han Peacock to extend his land over there.
Of course, it is no longer impossible for Han Peacock to buy large tracts of land in Nevada. In the past, some American small farmers and ranchers did not intend to sell their land, but now it is different.
Korean peacocks have their own pastures and farms, so although the population on this land has increased, the sales of agricultural and sideline products have been monopolized by Korean peacocks. This has not brought benefits to local farmers and ranchers, but has squeezed their living space.
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In addition, mining requires a lot of manpower. Farming land and herding cattle at home is not as good as going to the mines to make money. Even if you don't want to suffer this hardship, you can make a fortune by doing jewelry business or entering the supporting service industry.
Money, who would be willing to herd sheep and farm at home?
You know, Korean Peacock has given the local people a lot of opportunities, so that they can be separated from the land.
In the days that followed, Han Peacock returned to his peaceful pastoral life. He would go to the mining area every day and return to the chaotic space. Either he would bring his family to the United States, or Han Peacock would go back to his hometown directly. Anyway, he would not
See no outsiders.
No one else knows his whereabouts, which is the biggest deterrent, so during this period, both at home and in business, it was very peaceful.
In addition to reuniting with his family, Han Peacock spends most of his time in pastures and farms. In addition to adding some space water to the water source of the pasture from time to time, he also controls the rainfall.
There is a dry season in the western United States. If another person cheats during this season, the life of some ranches and farms will be even more difficult.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible to sell farms and ranches just by relying on a few less rains, because Americans also have a love affair with the soil.
Just like the original landowners in China, even if their land has been out of production for several years, as long as they can still survive, no one will sell their land.
Domestic landowners like land, and American farmers are no less willing to give in. In fact, there is no difference between Western landowners and Eastern landowners.
Starting from the serf era before the Civil War, and even extending to the ancestors of Americans who originally lived in Europe, their wealthy people also lived in villas and manors in the countryside.
They are different from us in China. The poor people live in the cities and the rich live in the countryside. They have fiefdoms, enjoy the fresh air and fresh food in the countryside, and hire "migrant workers" to cultivate or rent out the fields to earn profits.
Land in the United States can be privately owned, so once you own land, it can be hereditary. Former US President Bush had a hereditary estate.
In addition, with the current mechanization of operations, farming and managing livestock are easier than before, so farmers have more time to study, further their education, and even participate in politics.
This is the same as before the liberation of China, only wealthy people could send their children to study or even study abroad. This is the saying: Only when the belly is liberated can the mind be liberated.
Therefore, rural owners can obtain more social resources, including money and politics. Naturally, wealth is concentrated in their hands.
To put it bluntly, farmers are landlords, but under the current private land system in the United States, they have to face the test of social fairness.
The current inheritance of land is subject to an inheritance tax of more than 40%, especially for high-end land such as manor, luxury asset tax is also charged every year.
For this reason, many reputable people use their estates as the location of charitable institutions they set up. This is because the assets used for public welfare are not taxed, but they can still be used and lived in, so the term hereditary is not very accurate.
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In addition, under the market economy, land itself is an ownership right. The farm owned by the farmer is an enterprise, and they are the capitalists, while the real farmers are the workers who work for them.
If it is in other places, whether it is a farm or a pasture, the area cannot be small. Generally, there are several hundred acres of land. Such farms and pastures generally do not rely on the weather, so even if Han Peacock does not let other people's farming and animal husbandry
It rains all day, but it’s all in vain.
Most of the areas around the Sierra Nevada are mountainous, so even some farms and pastures are not large in area. As a result, their disaster resistance is much weaker.
In addition, Han Peacock's intentional attack attracted real farmers in the farms and ranches to find other ways to make a living. These small farms and ranches became even more difficult. Therefore, the final sale of the land seemed inevitable.
Of course, there are still many people who will not sell their land, but this will make their lives even more difficult. Even if Han Peacock does not cause trouble, it will not be easy for them.
One is because local agricultural and animal husbandry products are not valuable, and small farms and ranches like them have no advantage in exporting. Exporting also allows the vampires on Wall Street to exploit them.
In addition to these, they also face another problem, which is paying taxes.
Therefore, in the United States, it is not just good days. After staying here for a long time, there will always be some unpleasant things, such as paying taxes.
When he first came to the United States, Han Kongque did not need to pay taxes because he had just arrived in the United States and had only investments and no income. But now that he has a gem mining area and huge income, he has to pay taxes.
Before April 15th every year, all citizens of the United States must file their own taxes. If they do not file a tax return before this date, they will be considered a tax evasion.
The official name of the IRS is the "U.S. Internal Revenue Service", which is affiliated with the Department of the Treasury and holds the Social Security numbers and bank account numbers of all Americans. Through this, it can find out everyone's exact income, and all local tax bureaus have
The basis for taxation also comes from the Internal Revenue Service.
The IRS believes that every taxpayer should be honest, so every citizen must pay taxes independently, and once they have evidence that you have evaded taxes, they will bite you like a blood-sucking insect.
However, Han Kongque was obviously not very good at filing taxes. In fact, he didn’t even know what taxes he had to pay, so when he was in the diamond mining area, he left all tax filing matters to the company’s legal staff.
Consultant will deal with it.
Now that he has come to Nevada, he personally manages the gem mining area here, and things have changed. Because Han Peacock has no help this time, he simply forgot about filing taxes and so on.
After the date passed and he was chased to the door of his house, Han Kongque remembered that there was such a thing. So when Li Xiaowen led someone to list the taxes to be paid in the gem mining area, he was dumbfounded.
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Han Peacock knew before that the United States was not a country with light taxes, but when he saw the list, he couldn't help but wonder why it wasn't light. It was completely heavy, okay?
Taxes in the United States are divided into national taxes, state taxes and tariffs by department. As the name suggests, national taxes and tariffs are for the federal government, and state taxes are for state governments. Tariffs have little to do with Han Peacock. Although the scale of his ranch is not small,
We haven't reached the exit yet.
The same is true for the gemstone mine. It has not exported yet, but is in a state of resource trading, so it mainly needs to pay state and national taxes.
Let’s look at national taxes first. The most important national tax in the United States is of course personal income tax. Recently, Han Peacock’s profits have been mainly concentrated on two gemstone veins, and the profits from these two gemstone veins have reached 3 billion US dollars.
His income exceeds the highest personal income tax rate of 35%, but in fact, his income cannot be paid according to this ratio, because the income from investment companies and ranches is self-employment income (investment)
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This is also the reason why Han Peacock is very keen to hire a large number of people in the United States, because the maximum amount of taxes paid on this part is about 17%, which is far lower than that of some working-class people.
This can be regarded as a kind of protection for the wealthy class by the U.S. government. In fact, the main force paying taxes in the United States is not the billionaires, but the middle class who rely on wages and salaries to earn tens to millions.
But even so, the personal tax that Han Peacock needs to pay has reached an astonishing more than 510 million U.S. dollars, which is U.S. dollars, and converted into RMB, it has reached more than 3 billion. With such a figure, Han Peacock saw that
The corners of his mouth twitched.
In addition to personal tax, there is also corporate income tax. That is, whether it is an investment company or a ranching company, it has to pay a corporate income tax of about 30% based on the income of the year. How much is this? It is more than one billion U.S. dollars!
Han Kongque did the math and found that he had only earned a total of 3 billion US dollars, which was half of 1.5 billion US dollars!
What’s even more deceiving is that even at this point, it’s not over yet. After the corporate income tax is paid and the profits are turned into the hands of Han Peacock, the tax has to be paid again. This is double taxation!
If we go to normal, then it will be another 700 million US dollars?
How many have gone like this?
2.2 billion?
So how much does he have left?
At this time, Han Kongque no longer knew how much of the money he had earned was left. (~^~)