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2004, Eagle Country, Alaska.
Li Wei stood on the deck of the fishing boat, his eyes bewildered as he looked at everything before him, muttering softly:
"Did I transmigrate?"
That's right, Li Wei was a transmigrator.
More accurately, he was a transmigrator who soul-transmigrated from 2024 to 2004.
In his previous life, Li Wei was a social animal who had only graduated a few years prior.
His graduating class was also called the "most unlucky graduates" by netizens.
Because the year Li Wei graduated was during a special period, let alone normal internships and job hunting, even the most basic classes and studies could only be completed at home through online courses.
As a result, some companies would mark "special class" on their recruitment requirements later on.
The reason given was:
"Too many online classes, lack of concentration, poor social adaptation skills."
To this, Li Wei just wanted to say one thing.
"CN..."
After graduating, Li Wei first "wandered" around Jinling for a year, and finally chose to return to his hometown to "develop". With the introduction of relatives, he found a job with five insurances but no housing fund, earning 3400 yuan per month.
His usual job was to stare at monitors, and when there was nothing to do, he could slack off and play a couple of rounds of Hero Canyon. His life was quite relaxed and comfortable, which was also considered a "professional" match.
However, as an ambitious salted fish, a future successor to the Rabbit, Li Wei naturally had lofty ambitions and ideals, so he decided to join the civil service exam army and experience a different life.
When he opened the score checking webpage with anticipation and saw the written test results.
o(╥﹏╥)o
"Forget it! Lying flat seems pretty good too!"
Before transmigrating, Li Wei had just finished attending a high school class reunion. He thought it was just an ordinary class reunion, but he didn't expect it to be a day of deep education by reality.
No wonder some people on the internet lamented that those who can thrive in their "hometown" generally don't have a bad family background.
And the truth is, it was indeed the case. The classmates who were inconspicuous in high school are now either working in some unit or state-owned enterprise, or doing their own business.
There was no sign of being affected by the special period at all. Perhaps the only ones truly affected were ordinary people like them.
To be honest, he was envious.
Li Wei only remembered drinking a lot of alcohol that night, including red wine, white wine, and beer. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying in the cabin, and his mind had the complete memory of another person.
As a senior web novel enthusiast, Li Wei quickly accepted the fact that he had soul-transmigrated.
The original owner was also named Li Wei, full name Li Wei Anderson, male, 21 years old, a junior in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Southern California.
A week ago, the small civilian passenger plane carrying the original owner's parents had an accident, resulting in their deaths.
Li Wei Anderson, who was studying at the University of Southern California, rushed back to Alaska to handle his parents' funeral and subsequent matters after hearing the news, without time for sorrow.
After a busy week, the funeral was over, and Li Wei Anderson went to the fishing boat alone to drink.
Perhaps due to alcohol poisoning or some other reason, his body was occupied by his soul from 20 years later.
When Li Wei was sorting through the original owner's memories, he also roughly understood why the other person was drinking alone.
It was mainly because of the grief over his parents' death, and secondly, the sudden "debt".
In Eagle Country, you know a saying from birth:
"The only things certain in life are death and taxes."
Whether you are a superstar, a ruthless gangster, or even the Eagle Country President, as long as you dare to evade taxes, the IR will chase you to the ends of the earth.
You ask me what the IR is? I dare to arrest people that the FB doesn't dare to arrest! I dare to do things that the CI can't do! You ask me why I'm so tough? Because I have more guns, bigger cannons, and advanced equipment...
The inheritance left by the original owner's parents had a total value of about 8 million us dollar, including: a 33-meter-long fishing boat called the Sea Monster, a three-story villa in Anchorage, a farm on the outskirts of Point, stocks and bonds worth over 500,000, and some deposits, cash, and cars.
According to Eagle Country inheritance tax regulations, if Li Wei wanted to inherit this inheritance, he would need to pay 3.12 million us dollar in inheritance tax, not half of the inheritance value, which is 4 million us dollar.
This is because the IR needs to deduct a personal exemption of 1.5 million us dollar from the inheritance tax before collecting it, and the remaining part is taxed progressively at rates ranging from 18% to 48%.
In other words, if the inheritance is less than 1.5 million us dollar, there is no need to pay inheritance tax in Eagle Country.
The personal exemption for non-Eagle Country residents is only 60,000 us dollar.
The meaning of this is very clear.
After deducting the personal exemption for inheritance, if the inheritance exceeds 3 million us dollar, inheritance tax needs to be paid at the highest rate of 48%, which means paying 3.12 million us dollar.
Fortunately, Alaska does not have a state inheritance tax, otherwise, an additional state inheritance tax would need to be paid.
(Alaska does not have state inheritance tax, state personal income tax, state sales tax, or state capital gains tax, but the corresponding federal taxes must be paid on time according to regulations)
Due to the blow of losing his parents, coupled with the sudden "debt", various factors combined, causing the original owner to go to the Sea Monster alone to drink.
Just as Li Wei was recalling the original owner's memories, his phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
Li Wei took out his phone and looked at the caller ID.
[John Eston.]
He instantly remembered the other person's information.
John Eston was a friend of the original owner's parents and also the lawyer responsible for handling the inheritance tax and compensation. Since he was calling now, he must have some new information.
Li Wei took a deep breath of cold air, quickly recalled the original owner's speaking habits in his mind, and after confirming there were no issues, directly pressed the answer button on his phone.
"Mr. Eston, is there any new news?"
"Li Wei, I have some news to tell you. The insurance company has agreed to our request and will pay a total of 2.4 million us dollar in compensation. As for the inheritance tax, it will take some time to process."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Eston. Please keep a close eye on the IR side for me. I'm worried they might tamper with the inheritance."
"Li Wei, I've already arranged for people to watch the IR side, but you also know the way those bastards at the IR act. They've finally caught such an opportunity, so they will definitely try to raise the valuation of the inheritance as much as possible.
But you don't need to worry too much. Those people at the tax bureau won't go too far. They are also afraid of causing public outrage."
"...."
Li Wei, or rather the original owner, had long expected the tax bureau to increase the inheritance valuation.
As everyone knows, Eagle Country likes to bleed the middle class. Every time there is an economic crisis, the middle class is the most affected. As for bleeding the poor, they have no more oil to extract.
Li Wei had no good way to deal with this, and could only hope that the IR's behavior would not be too ugly.
This is also one of the reasons why lawyers are prevalent in Eagle Country. You never know where there is a pit waiting for you.
"By the way, Li Wei. The 2.4 million us dollar is expected to be deposited into your account within a month. You should..."
Upon hearing the first half of what Eston said, Li Wei's mind was instantly occupied by the 2.4 million us dollar. As for what the other person said afterwards, he didn't hear it at all.
In his previous life, let alone 2.4 million, he would hesitate for a long time even to eat a 240 yuan buffet.
The reason was simple: he had no money in his pocket, he had the desire, but not the ability.
He didn't expect to have 2.4 million us dollar in his account as soon as he transmigrated. How could he not be excited?
However, when Li Wei thought about the 3.12 million us dollar inheritance tax he still needed to pay, his mood became less pleasant again.
"Damn IR, damn inheritance tax!"
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