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by gopi 15y ago
Every US tax resident has to file FBAR irrespective of the visa or citizenship. This includes Green Card holders as well as temporary work visa holders (h1b, L1) and also even foreign students in US!
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by gopi 15y ago
This is not only affecting the expatriates but also foreign people who work in US temporarily (like in a h1b visa). Most of them were not aware of this rule and now they have to pay 25% of the money they have in bank accounts in their nativ
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The rise of the e-books(economist.com)
11 points by gopi 15y ago|2 comments
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by gopi 15y ago
You were confusing the top income tax rate with the effective tax rate. When the top income tax was 91% (from 1951-1964), the capital gain tax was 25%. So the effective tax rate paid by the rich was always the same, infact the rich pay more
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by gopi 15y ago
I favour brandnames too. But if your site is a one off and inherently have little repeat usage then premium keyword.com is the way to go
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by gopi 15y ago
Actually its all public data and many companies (dailydealmedia.com) are selling the monthly list of merchants who ran a daily deal
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by gopi 15y ago
I like this but thinking where retail automation is going makes me a little sad.. Store cashier and waitress jobs are the only ones remaining for women with no degree or marketable skills... In 10-20 years i think we will see less of them!
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by gopi 15y ago
Its $500k if your business is setup in designated distress areas, for other areas its $1 million. From what i hear there is something called a "Regional Center Program" where you don't have to manage. There are companies which do it for you
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by gopi 15y ago
Scrapinator!
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by gopi 15y ago
When the top income tax was 91% (from 1951-1964), the capital gain tax was 25%. So while doctors and small businessmen pay >50% tax on earned income the uber rich paid 25%
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by gopi 15y ago
Yes, but you have to prove that there is a separate Board of Directors which has the ability to hire, fire, pay and supervise you. If you get funded, i think its easy to prove
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by gopi 15y ago
The US already has a country quota for greencards which is idiotic (thus India with 1 billion population get the same number of greencards as tiny Monaco with 35,00 people) What US needs is a point based workpermit visa like that in Canada
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by gopi 15y ago
I am a anti-tax libertarian type and also a affiliate marketer but even i think its an unfair advantage eCommerce companies have. Creating a nationwide eCommerce sales tax system is the best way to solve this
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by gopi 15y ago
>> Indian CEOs show a level of business ethics not seen in the west I doubt it...
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WebMynd vs Pet Coupon site!
1 points by gopi 15y ago|0 comments
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by gopi 15y ago
No self respecting rich guy paid that much...You have to talk about the effective tax rate (both personal and capital gain). This was always around 30% in the last 70-80 years! So the best thing to do is to abolish all deductions for the ri
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Girls sweep at Google Science Fair(nytimes.com)
104 points by gopi 15y ago|108 comments
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by gopi 15y ago
gwern, the reality is actually reverse. Obama/democrats wants a comprehensive immigration reform that includes dealing with the existing illegal immigrants in US. He dont want to deal legal immigration and illegal immigration separately. Th
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by gopi 15y ago
Actually this is a big misconception in UK/Europe. Unless you are a independent software contractor you get insurance thro your company in US. So the salary posted here excludes the benefits (insurance, vacation, 401k etc)... IMO, with less
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Fab.com: $1.3M Revenue in first 30 days(techcrunch.com)
1 points by gopi 15y ago|0 comments
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by gopi 15y ago
>> There are no property taxes in most of China, so people with money park it in real estate. Exactly the case in India. Most people there park money in real estate. Also in the suburbs the official land value (determined by govt) i
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by gopi 15y ago
> What would you call Ninite? I would prefer Installware as its business friendly (installware.com is available for $7500), not sure if it infringes the existing name InstallAware though! ... If you cannot spend that much then TurboIns
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by gopi 15y ago
Its amazing how california with all its advantages (climate, tech industry, hollywood etc) can be in such a financial mess...Think how great the state would if its atleast 10% as business friendly as Texas
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by gopi 15y ago
I am a legal immigrant and waited years to get my Greencard. The situation is so worse now for a new immigrant (h1b) from india (or china) it takes 7-10 years to get greencard and 5 more years to get citizenship. The immigration system need
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by gopi 15y ago
I think probably you should increase the price to $1000 :)
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by gopi 15y ago
The actual GDP will be atleast twice that of the official one as large part of india's economy is black (off the books)
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Comparing Indian states with countries(economist.com)
105 points by gopi 15y ago|42 comments
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by gopi 15y ago
When i grew up in india taking cold showers was very common, infact my dad till to this day shower mostly in cold water.
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by gopi 15y ago
I don't judge until i see the conversion data...Many times the crappiest sites sell much better than the nice looking ones!
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by gopi 15y ago
There are so many creative (and risky) ways to do it. One way is get your h1b thro a small consultancy which in turn contract you to your company. There are a lot of smalltime bodyshop companies which can do it for you but this requires tha

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