How is the US tax system after the Trump reform?

Taxes are too complex a matter to explain on the fingers. The owner of the chain of coffee houses, Kirill Markevich, decided to show on the cakes how the tax system works in the USA. As for two years, he feeds not only his clients in New York, but also the state, state, city.

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Kirill Markevich, entrepreneur: “The tax is divided into two parts. In the federal part of the income tax, the analogue of Russian income. And a third of this part - This is a social insurance and MEDICARE tax. Next we pay state tax. It is approximately 6,5%. Last tax - This is a city tax, which in New York is 3,88%. And we still have 67%. ”

Usually America returns some small tax deductions to citizens: to those who overpaid, who are entitled to compensation for children, and so on. For many years, Americans are accustomed to such April "buns". But after the reform of Donald Trump, everything changed. A family with two children was returned more, childless less, and property owners in states with a high land tax left a huge minus. Although the Russian-speaking Brighton say that they did not feel much of a difference.

Who and how pays taxes on the other side of the ocean, the older generation of immigrants do not know: they were leaving the Soviet Union, and there was no talk about it. Those who are younger and who have Russian tax reporting experience know that it is much more difficult to pay taxes in the USA. Sometimes without a specially trained person does not understand. Not by chance, literally every second quarter of Brighton has a tax consultant office. As a rule, he can explain in understandable Russian, why returns have decreased.

Take, for example, a family of two with a total income of $ 150 thousand. Previously, they could write off 15 thousand from land tax and 15 thousand from state tax.

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Alla Popova, tax consultant:“In the past, they could write 30 thousand into their declarations. But now the law has changed and how much you can write off taxes. Now it is limited to 10 by thousands of dollars. Even if you got 30 thousand, you can write off only 10. ”

It turns out that now such a family of two pays the state more. This spring, the American press publishes endless reports from the tax fronts: people did not wait for their returns. But thanks to Donald Trump, the federal tax rate has also dropped. He promised tax reform before the election - he did. By and large, people began to pay less taxes, but they also began to write off less. Everything is quite logical.

But it is not logical that the author of the reform did not show his own declarations. By law, the president is not obliged to do this, but a tradition has already developed in the United States when the head of the White House reveals his financial cards. That Congress and demanded to publish the declaration. But in response to a spokesperson for Trump, people heard not what they wanted.

The journalists of the New York Times six months ago studied other pages - some documents of the Trump financial empire, which were in the public domain. The newspaper concluded that the current president received from his father more than $ 400 million dollars, and the family paid taxes from this money a mere penny. Donald Trump's attorney called this investigation “highly inaccurate,” but no one had seen the declaration. Although fans of Rashagate argue that it is in these documents that the Russian trace must be sought, which Special Prosecutor Muller did not find in two years.

There are other laws in Russia, and according to them the president is obliged to report on his annual income. And Vladimir Putin reported. Over the past year, he earned about 8,5 million rubles (more than $ 130 thousand), he has one apartment owned, one in use, a garage, two old Volga, a Niva car and a Skif trailer. And everyone believed, each country has its own national tax specifics.

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Kirill Markevich, entrepreneur:“Compared to the US, Russia, of course, - this is a heavenly place in terms of tax avoidance, minimization. But there is one nuance: here is a cake made in Russia, and we pay the Russian manufacturer for it. When I was going to pay taxes in the US for the first time, the US tax authorities refused to accept them. ”

And all because the cake was bought from the sanctioned country. Cyril was sent a letter in which they wrote that he could work quietly while he was being tested. And then they said that everything is in order, the entrepreneur did not violate the laws, and yet they took taxes.

Kirill Markevich, entrepreneur: “Now imagine such a situation in Russia. At least, my lawyer, after five minutes of laughter, said: “I already represent the mask shows that fly into the office, put everyone in the floor, the tax service, which arrested all the bills, paralyzed the entire work of the enterprise”. There is no such thing in America, they will understand it here. ”

In addition, in the US, everyone understands how to avoid taxes by legal means or at least reduce them. Businessman Timur Absalikov explains that you can create your own company, and then just write off the money. The most popular article is charity. Hospitality expenses are also deducted: you treat your business partner to lunch and do not pay taxes from half the bill.

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Timur Absalikov, co-founder of Lasting trend agency: “There is such a small game that many use: when they go to a business lunch, they order the most expensive dishes, because if a partner ordered a sandwich for $ 10, and you steak for $ 50, then you still write in half. "

Planes, trains, taxis - everything is written off. And even if you use a private car for business purposes, there is a way to legally reduce taxes. There is a mobile application, it tracks the mileage: where he went to work, and where to - on personal matters.

Timur Absalikov, co-founder of Lasting trend agency: “You can take a phone, press a button and say:“ I have started a business trip ”. And then these miles that you drove, you can write off all the gasoline and depreciation of the car from taxes at the end of the year. ”

The main thing is not to get involved much. Especially played the tax office usually calculates in two accounts.