How to pay taxes in the United States

as long as you have economic income and expenses in the United States, you have to pay taxes whether you are a native or a foreigner.

in terms of income, the income tax is the first, and the threshold is close to zero. Even if you earn five dollars a year, you have to pay taxes. A progressive tax system is adopted, with a minimum tax rate of about 1% and a maximum tax rate of 38%. The annual salary is generally 15-2%. This is the income tax formulated by the federal government. In addition, each state also collects income tax, and the tax rate is generally about 5%. In order to attract people to invest, work and live there, some states reduce their tax rates, and some even don't charge them. Texas and Florida don't accept it, so many people go to Florida to buy houses for the elderly after retirement

, where besides the pleasant environment, not accepting state income tax is also one of the important factors.

followed by social insurance tax and medical tax, which are not used for one's own medical care and future pension, but for social security expenditure and medical assistance for the poor as a whole (individual medical insurance and pension are deducted separately). These taxes add up to nearly a quarter of wages. In addition, personal income taxes include property tax, bonus tax, inheritance tax and so on. Especially the property tax, the tax rate is 1.5%, and an ordinary car and an ordinary house have to pay property tax of two or three hundred dollars and two or three thousand dollars every year. It is natural to pay taxes on personal income, but it is difficult to understand that it is necessary to pay taxes on expenses, that is, to buy anything. However, this is how the United States stipulates it. Shopping, catering, tourism, culture and entertainment, almost any expenditure must be taxed, collectively referred to as sales or consumption tax. The consumption tax rate varies from state to state, generally between 4% and 5%, and it is as high as 8% in big cities such as new york. Many people drive hundreds of miles to shop in States with low consumption tax, saving money from regional differences.

The tax laws and regulations in the United States are very strict and strict. Except for a few rich people who cheat on their property or inheritance through lawyers, most people can't escape paying taxes. I often hear such a joke in America: Americans can't escape from two things, one is death, and the other is tax. Personal income tax, social insurance tax and medical tax are deducted by the time when the employer pays wages, and so are the remuneration of temporary workers. Consumption tax can't be missed. Shopping in any store is done by computer, and the special tax amount is charged by the store. Even if you buy dozens of cents of green onions, you have to charge a few cents of tax. The Inland Revenue Department randomly audits about 5% of taxpayers every year. Once tax evasion is discovered, it is not only necessary to pay taxes and interest, but also to be severely punished. Most Americans talk about the trial.

a working-class person's annual income and expenditure accounts for about one-third of his salary, such as an annual salary of about $5,, and he has to contribute more than $1, to the country. The government's fiscal revenue alone is more than $1 trillion, and the tax paid by companies, banks, shops and other legal entities is even more amazing.