South Dakota Bill Of Sale: Fill & Download for Free

We get this all the time in Minnesota.After all, wouldn't people rather live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a state without either corporate or individual state income taxes than Minneapolis, Minnesota, 237 miles to the northeast, with its high state taxes and extra urban taxes to pay for sports stadiums? Actually not.Liberal cities like the Twin Cities are more expensive to live in because more people want to live there than in those places that have enacted right-to-work laws, that even without income taxes enact regressive tax policies (South Dakota taxes food and clothing at 4% -- Minnesota exempts sales taxes on both). When I moved from a no-tax state (Wyoming) back to Minneapolis, I did so for the following reasons:Educational environment. A state that has no taxes will often be a state that grossly underpays anybody involved in education. It will lack a richness of private and public colleges largely because it will have placed education into a lower priority bracket to something like agriculture or banking (South Dakota favors both).Business environment: A progressive state will have progressive corporations that understand how important it is to link hiring to education. It will have great home grown corporations (Target, General Mills, Cargill, 3M, Medtronic,United Healthcare, Tennant to name a few) that attract talented people to the city. In addition, it will have a vigorous advertising agency community, largely because creative people are drawn to progressive cities.Entertainment environment. A liberal city will have invested in the sort of sports infrastructure that attracts the full range of leagues and teams. The scariest prospect for Minnesotans is that it might become a "cold Omaha" if it fails to support that venture. Minnesota is about to become an MLS major league soccer town. In addition, a city with a viable symphony orchestra, great theater, places like First Avenue that attract world-class entertainers will have advantages over that low-tax place two-hundred miles away.Cultural environment. So far this week, I have had Sunday dinner at a great Vietnamese Restaurant, attended a performance of the Brahm's German Requiem conducted by German conductor Helmuth Rilling, and had the opportunity to teach a GED class loaded with some remarkable Somali and Latino refugees and immigrants -- and it's only Tuesday. All this is in the week after one of the more well-known artists, Prince, died several suburbs away from where I write this. A progressive city will offer all of the advantages that one can find at European cities.I did have to write out a substantial check last week to cover my state tax bill, but it is easy to write out that check when you live in a place that repays you for your "contributions."

Because here’s how signatures work during retail exchanges in the United States.Stephen is ready to sign the electronic pad at the grocery store. The cashier asks: “Do you pronounce your name Steven or Steffen?” Nobody checks Stephen into a mental hospital when he writes:Stephen goes to buy a lasso at the Cowboy Goods Store in Rapid City, South Dakota. Stephen doesn’t get arrested, nor is the sale denied, when he scrawls:Stephen goes to buy fish bait. Stevie is so excited to be out on the lake, he writes:Or Stephen can barely take his eyes off the cashier. He just pens:I’m joking. I’ve never done this. I wouldn’t do this. But I’ve definitely signed my name as……for good reason: it isn’t even close to my actual signature.Honestly, I don’t really want my real signature floating around on a credit card, an electronic pad, a restaurant bill or anywhere else. It makes it pretty easy for someone to steal my credit card or that check and know exactly what my real signature looks like.In a way, it surprises me that credit card companies actually ask you to do this. If one thief gets your credit card, he (or some slimy she) can theoretically keep replicating your real signature. It’s a stupid requirement, if you think about it. Especially now that we have pin numbers, chips, and other security devices.Plus, most Americans assume (and I don’t think they’re wrong) that almost nobody ever really checks this shit.I understand that yes, it’s for your own security to cooperate with a retailer or a waiter (overseas or here in the U.S.) who wants to verify your signature. They’re just watching out for you. And you’re probably a dick if you don’t cooperate. I’ve been a waiter and had to deal with balkers. They’re assholes.I’m just saying: Americans aren’t used to having to deal with this all that often. And honestly, it depends on the circumstances. If a waiter (or whoever) — especially in another country — just wants to check my signature, I’ll probably cooperate. (Though is he asking me to sign a paper so he can put in his pocket?)But if somebody is just giving me lip, or if I think you’re actually about to screw me over and steal my John Hancock… I won’t fight you.I’ll probably just pay in cash.

Sign it. Store it safely. Put your house up for sale. Move to one of the following states:Florida, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Texas, South Dakota, Washington and WyomingThese states do not tax lottery winnings. If you live in either California or Pennsylvania, you can stay put (winnings are exempt if you bought the ticket in-state).Take the lump sum, because taxes will increase.Do you need a financial advisor? Why? You are going to be worth about $900,000,000.00. Buy T-bills for crying out loud.