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z*n2011-10-05 07:10

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8月close，10月才第一个帐单，去年就三个mortgage，地税才几百块，远房主first
owner，几十年前超底价买的，加州prop13，所以去年我还是按照那个数字交的地税。
当然后来来了supplement tax bill，但是deadline都是今年。算税的时候这种
supplement tax能算在去年交的吗？

s*g2011-10-05 07:10

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India has launched what it says is the world's cheapest touch-screen tablet
computer, priced at just $35 (?23).
Costing a fraction of Apple's iPad, the subsidised Aakash is aimed at
students.
It supports web browsing and video conferencing, has a three-hour battery
life and two USB ports, but questions remain over how it will perform.
Officials hope the computer will give digital access to students in small
towns and villages across India, which lags behind its rivals in
connectivity.
At the launch in the Indian capital, Delhi, Human Resource Development
Minister Kapil Sibal handed out 500 Aakash (meaning sky) tablets to students
who will trial them.
He said the government planned to buy 100,000 of the tablets. It hopes to
distribute 10 million of the devices to students over the next few years.
"The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been
excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide," Mr Sibal said.
Continue reading the main story
“Start Quote
The thing with cheap tablets is most of them turn out to be unusable”
End Quote Rajat Agrawal BGR India
The Aakash has been developed by UK-based company DataWind and Indian
Institute of Technology (Rajasthan).
It is due to be assembled in India, at DataWind's new production centre in
the southern city of Hyderabad.
"Our goal was to break the price barrier for computing and internet access,"
DataWind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said.
"We've created a product that will finally bring affordable computing and
internet access to the masses."
The company says it will also offer a commercial version of the tablet,
called UbiSlate. It is expected to hit the shelves later this year,
retailing for about $60.
Usability questions
Mr Sibal says the device will enhance learning in India.
Experts say it does have the potential to make a huge difference to the
country's education, particularly in rural areas where schools and students
do not have access to libraries and up-to-date information.
Indian Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal (R) and Junior
HRD Minister D. Purandeswari (L) pose with Aakash tablet after its launch in
Delhi on October 5, 2011. Mr Sibal (right) hopes the tablet will end the '
digital divide'
But critics say it is too early to say how the Aakash will be received as
most cheap tablets in the past have turned out to be painfully slow.
"The thing with cheap tablets is most of them turn out to be unusable,"
Rajat Agrawal of technology reviewers BGR India told Reuters news agency.
"They don't have a very good touch screen, and they are usually very slow."
Critics also point out that an earlier cheap laptop plan by the same
ministry came to nothing.
In 2009, it announced plans for a laptop priced as low as $10, raising
eyebrows and triggering worldwide media interest.
But there was disappointment after the "Sakshat" turned out to be a
prototype of a hand-held device, with an unspecified price tag, that never
materialised.

s*d2011-10-05 07:10

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哪年交的算哪年吧。
所以如果property tax不少，而itemized跟standard稍低，
有人年初付上年tax年底付今年的，就可以两年一起用itemized，
下年没有，用standard。

k*y2011-10-05 07:10

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开头一个现在完成时吓了我一跳
往下看了一两段就看到熟悉的 will 和 plan 了

tablet

【在 s***g 的大作中提到】

: India has launched what it says is the world's cheapest touch-screen tablet
: computer, priced at just $35 (?23).
: Costing a fraction of Apple's iPad, the subsidised Aakash is aimed at
: students.
: It supports web browsing and video conferencing, has a three-hour battery
: life and two USB ports, but questions remain over how it will perform.
: Officials hope the computer will give digital access to students in small
: towns and villages across India, which lags behind its rivals in
: connectivity.
: At the launch in the Indian capital, Delhi, Human Resource Development

t*s2011-10-05 07:10

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you paid interest at closing too. and you should've paid property tax
earlier. personal income tax is cash based. and if you pay a lot
of p-tax this year, it may trigger amt.

【在 z*********n 的大作中提到】

: 8月close，10月才第一个帐单，去年就三个mortgage，地税才几百块，远房主first
: owner，几十年前超底价买的，加州prop13，所以去年我还是按照那个数字交的地税。
: 当然后来来了supplement tax bill，但是deadline都是今年。算税的时候这种
: supplement tax能算在去年交的吗？

l*a2011-10-05 07:10

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说是最终价格66.看到这个配置，国产山寨笑了。

M*a2011-10-05 07:10

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还有州税呢...

g*g2011-10-05 07:10

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国产山寨能做到多少钱？感觉屏幕再烂，硬件加装配也是几百的成本。

【在 l**a 的大作中提到】

: 说是最终价格66.看到这个配置，国产山寨笑了。

s*d2011-10-05 07:10

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这个AMT，到底多可怕啊，天天见人提。

【在 t***s 的大作中提到】

: you paid interest at closing too. and you should've paid property tax
: earlier. personal income tax is cash based. and if you pay a lot
: of p-tax this year, it may trigger amt.

F*t2011-10-05 07:10

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硬件可以从电子垃圾里回收

【在 g*****g 的大作中提到】

: 国产山寨能做到多少钱？感觉屏幕再烂，硬件加装配也是几百的成本。

t*s2011-10-05 07:10

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marginal rate 32.5%，cannot deduct all state taxes, includes p-tax.
no dependents.

【在 s**********d 的大作中提到】

:
: 这个AMT，到底多可怕啊，天天见人提。

z*n2011-10-05 07:10

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？第一个税表deadline就是去年11月，我能不交吗？且只有几百块，不管算到哪里都起
不了什么作用的
我估计我的property tax都得算到10年去了
09年预计是无论如何打败不了standard了

【在 t***s 的大作中提到】

: you paid interest at closing too. and you should've paid property tax
: earlier. personal income tax is cash based. and if you pay a lot
: of p-tax this year, it may trigger amt.

s*d2011-10-05 07:10

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我的意思是，到底多么容易AMT，有多少人被hit啊。
我年年一堆大家说会trigger AMT的东西，从来也没有过啊。

【在 t***s 的大作中提到】

: marginal rate 32.5%，cannot deduct all state taxes, includes p-tax.
: no dependents.

z*n2011-10-05 07:10

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啥叫amt？

【在 s**********d 的大作中提到】

: 我的意思是，到底多么容易AMT，有多少人被hit啊。
: 我年年一堆大家说会trigger AMT的东西，从来也没有过啊。

t*s2011-10-05 07:10

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if you live in a low tax state, it's probably hard to trigger amt.

【在 s**********d 的大作中提到】

: 我的意思是，到底多么容易AMT，有多少人被hit啊。
: 我年年一堆大家说会trigger AMT的东西，从来也没有过啊。

z*n2011-10-05 07:10

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我估计也难，首先我的房子就不是很贵，然后，加州地税才1%
估计以后就算打败standard deduction也是略微打败，略有tax benefit
不过一旦能itemize，估计花样就多了

【在 t***s 的大作中提到】

: if you live in a low tax state, it's probably hard to trigger amt.

m*a2011-10-05 07:10

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Don't forget that you can add property tax you paid in 2009, up to $1000,
on top of the standard deduction.
It's not big, but save you couple of hundred :)

【在 z*********n 的大作中提到】

z*n2011-10-05 07:10

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哈哈，就几百块，不过一点也是一点
竟然能这么计算，爽，看来玩税真有花样，得研究了

【在 m****a 的大作中提到】

: Don't forget that you can add property tax you paid in 2009, up to $1000,
: on top of the standard deduction.
: It's not big, but save you couple of hundred :)

H*72011-10-05 07:10

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你付现金买房？

【在 z*********n 的大作中提到】

: 我估计也难，首先我的房子就不是很贵，然后，加州地税才1%
: 估计以后就算打败standard deduction也是略微打败，略有tax benefit
: 不过一旦能itemize，估计花样就多了

z*n2011-10-05 07:10

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mortgage啊
夫妻俩人standard一万多呢，很难打败
我要单身可能就打败了
说了只有三个月的mortgage啊，这怎么打败standard呢

【在 H******7 的大作中提到】

: 你付现金买房？

H*72011-10-05 07:10

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我付了近2万元interest,房价还跌了。靠。

【在 z*********n 的大作中提到】

: mortgage啊
: 夫妻俩人standard一万多呢，很难打败
: 我要单身可能就打败了
: 说了只有三个月的mortgage啊，这怎么打败standard呢

z*n2011-10-05 07:10

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嗯，要是全年mortgage肯定能打败，我就是问我这三个月是不是没戏。今晚先用
turbotax看看再说

【在 H******7 的大作中提到】

: 我付了近2万元interest,房价还跌了。靠。

t*s2011-10-05 07:10

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老3地睡怎么那么便宜啊，是不是 CA 都便宜得令人发指？俺一年都过万...难过

z*n2011-10-05 07:10

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你们是不理解加州的规则
加州有prop13保护房主，就是地税每年涨幅不能超过1％
所以如果1969年有人5万买了房子，到今天也还只能按照5万征税。直到房子转手才能重
新给房屋估价
但是房子刚转手暂时county记录还是之前的价钱，所以我close了后就是按照超底房价
交的税。然后后来来了supplement tax bill，补交。但是算不到09年上了

【在 t**s 的大作中提到】

: 老3地睡怎么那么便宜啊，是不是 CA 都便宜得令人发指？俺一年都过万...难过

t*s2011-10-05 07:10

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CA 政府这是自断财源，打击房屋交易，少收 transfer tax。
当然少收的 prop tax 是大头
要求联邦政府制裁 CA 政府