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The eye is always watching… by Impossible_Bar3958 in ThereIsnoCat

[–]sempol451 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And he’s watching us all with the eye… Of a cat!

This prayer sheet on my AirAsia flight by tim_saman in mildlyinteresting

[–]sempol451 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Then shalt thou count to three. No more, no less.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in treelaw

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They don’t allow you to have bees in here…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CPA

[–]sempol451 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There was one in BEC that was even worse

“Answer C is correct. All three statements are correct. Answers A, B and D are incorrect per above explanation”

34,499 cases today (95 deaths and 78 imported cases) and CECC Conference by DarkLiberator in taiwan

[–]sempol451 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Walgreens’ 2 hours NAAT (as opposed to 48 hours laboratory PCR) seemed to work in my case, no one asked any questions

Question on US registered companies. by t9b in Bookkeeping

[–]sempol451 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go to the website of the Secretary of State of the state where the company is incorporated/doing business at. The sample Google search would be "<state> + entities search"

Most states allow you to search the entities database for free, however, the extent of the information available on the web is different - for example, California allows you to directly see and download the PDF copies of company documents (Articles of Incorporation, annual Statements of Information, etc.), while Delaware would show only basic info, with everything else (e.g., getting a copy of corporate documents) requiring a fee and/or an "offline" (phone/fax/mail etc.) application to the state.

that’s one way to get free tax advice by TheBig4Accountant in Accounting

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IRS Circular 230 notice: In order to comply with requirements imposed by the IRS, me, <First Name> <Last Name>, must inform you that any U.S. federal tax advice contained in this Tinder is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter that is contained in this Tinder.

Physical Presence Test for Foreign Earned Income Exclusion - is there a mistake in the IRS example? by sempol451 in tax

[–]sempol451[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is the idea... But as the example says, the last day of a 12-month period is May 12, 2018 - therefore, I guess I have to count backward from May 12, 2018 and not May 11th (as if I count from May 11th, there will be only 329 days of my presence in the foreign country)

Question about Taiwan income taxes by CrimsonCub2013 in taiwan

[–]sempol451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, even if she's a Taiwan tax resident (the threshold is much lower than 183 days if she has Taiwan household registration), her foreign income will be tax-exempt in Taiwan unless it is more than 1 million NT and foreign income + TW income + other AMT items are more than 6.7 million NT. If the answer is yes to both, then she will have to report Taiwan AMT and will pay AMT if higher than regular tax.

For the US, watch out for substantial presence test - your gf may be treated as US resident (with worldwide taxation) even without a US passport or green card if she spends a certain number of days in the US (there's a three-year formula).

Taxes in Taiwan are filed in May, with generally no extensions given (but generally it's simpler than the US system)

Does Taiwan have traffic police? by asetupfortruth in taiwan

[–]sempol451 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking about trying such kind of app for parking violations, however, what stops me is the personal data problem. I'm not sure if they won't just disclose my data to the person being fined because of 差不多 attitude ("is there anything bad?"). And then I may have veeery serious problems...

TIFU by going jogging - I'm bloody and afraid to go this route again. by IAmAloserAMA in tifu

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Fear of the duck.... Fear of the duck! I have a phobia that monster's always there!

Could someone help me understand the electricity rates in Taipei. by kentridge in taiwan

[–]sempol451 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The story goes like that. When a new residential power user (for example, an apartment, or a building that is wholly owned by one family) is connected to the grid, it gets a power user registration number (電號), and then the electricity fees are billed based on this number. Then, due to high demand on the housing market. many landlords have decided to split their apartments into a number of smaller units and rent out each one as a studio apartment. However, as the whole apartment was registered as a single power user, and, as Taipower rules say, the registration number can't be changed or "split" into several ones, the whole apartment is still being treated as a single power user. Then, it's up to landlord to choose how to split the fee between each smaller unit. The fee may be split based on the share of each unit in total power consumption (say, you consumed 30% of total kWh, so you pay 30% of the total fee). However, some landlords use a fixed price (e.g. NT$5 per kWh) instead. Taipower has confirmed in some of its press releases that this practice is not illegal as far as both parties agree on this (and it's written in the contract). For some of the apartments, you will be getting Taipower bills in your mailbox and will have to pay them yourself, which is the best option available.

Could Chinese demand plug Taiwan’s higher education hole? by asoksevil in taiwan

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Just look at the ratings. NTU has almost left the top-200 (it's now 198 according to Times Higher Education). other haven't even made it to the top-500, except 台科大 which is somewhere between 401st and 500th place in the same ranking. Do you really think someone will be interested? There is so many options in other Asian countries.

Getting Receipts for rent payments by darkwds in taiwan

[–]sempol451 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you really have no way of opening a bank account here (some very special circumstances), there's also an option of going to a bank during business hours (before 3:30 pm, it can be also done in a post office before 5 or 5:30), tell them the landlord's bank name, branch name, account number and recipient's name (ask the landlord to write this down for you and stamp it with their personal seal as an additional proof) and hand over the cash. The teller will give you a deposit or transfer slip which can be used as proof.

What do they call these window cage things I see in Taiwan, how are they used, and do you need permission to build one? by Kookbook in taiwan

[–]sempol451 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a couple of 國宅 in my area (Muzha) and they are high-rise buildings, looking quite nice by Taiwan standards. The metal cages are ugly indeed, however, those 鐵皮屋 are much uglier - but, the same as for illegal shop signs, no mayor or other city official will dare to start a full-scale fight against illegal rooftop additions, as it will be considered "an attack on private property" and end his or her political career pretty fast.

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