"I said that you husband and wife are not stupid? Since you promised not to sell the house, why don't you take this 10 million?"

As soon as Emma told her and Lin Zitan's decision, Eddie hurriedly spoke.

"Yes, Miss Emma, you still have to think about it carefully, at present, even if this house is sold immediately, it will have a price, more than 400,000 yuan a year, a maintenance fee and management fee of more than 13,000 per month, and an insurance fee of 15,000 a year.

Even if you don't do anything, you'll have to pay an extra $600,000 a year. The reason why the old man bound this condition was so that the person who inherited the house had a way to pay these expenses. ”

Standing in the corner silently watching the old Johnson's children and grandchildren accept the distribution of the inheritance very calmly, George, the old housekeeper, was originally very relieved, but it was not until Emma raised an objection that Uncle George, as a notary, couldn't help but speak up.

"Uncle George, I have discussed it with Emma, and Grandpa's greatest wish is for us and my wife to keep this house, and we will try to do it. ”

Lin Zitan looked at Old George's worried face, and immediately spoke to reassure him.

After 2019, the general state of the United States at that time passed the tax reform bill, and now the estate tax exemption for each person is 11.4 million US dollars, and the inheritance tax exemption for husband and wife is 22.8 million US dollars.

The market value of the villa inherited by Lin Zitan and his wife is 41 million, but the ZF valuation is only about 35 million, which means that they will have to deduct about 40% of the inheritance tax after removing the 22.8 million yuan.

Before the house is in hand, they have to pay more than 5 million yuan first, not counting the various taxes and miscellaneous fees of about 600,000 yuan per year.

Although the elder Johnson said on his deathbed that Emma and the children would live, the will said that anyone could inherit the house, and the heirs could also inherit an additional fund stock worth 10 million, on the condition that they could not sell the house in their lifetime!

Eddie and Frank hesitated again and again, and both decided to give up this inheritance, and in the end, only Lin Zitan and his wife were willing to take over.

"I think you still want to sell it, right? Mr. Lawyer, can you buy and sell this villa casually without taking this extra 10 million?"

Frank asked, raising his eyebrows, not without provocation.

"Although the old gentleman did not mention this situation in the will, it should not be~"

It was also the first time that the lawyer had met a child or grandchild who chose not to have money, so he was also a little hesitant, but he thought that the old Johnson's original intention was to keep the house, so he still explained according to the old man's meaning.

"Emma, Daniel, why are you bothering so much? Grandpa has already divided it, and your husband and wife don't share much, which will inevitably cause unnecessary disputes, so you should accept this inheritance first, even if you donate it directly after you take over!"

Add's father couldn't help but say comfort.

"Yes, the annual expenditure of this house is also a large amount of money, if you don't want it, you have to put money on it immediately, or follow the doctor's instructions!"

Emma's father, Bill, couldn't help but speak.

"Dad, uncle, I'm sorry, it seems that we didn't think about it enough, in that case, then there is no need for a lawyer to embarrass us, we accept the assignment, and we will definitely guarantee to keep this house forever. “

Lin Zitan looked at Frank, who was maliciously speculating about him, and had no choice but to apologize to everyone, and happily accepted the extra 10 million fund shares.

"You don't have to worry, Mr. Johnson's funds and stocks have been taken care of by the old man in the past few years, so if you have any questions, you can come to me, even if his old man is gone, I will still serve you in this home!"

After everyone got their share of the property and dispersed, the old housekeeper finally came up and said respectfully to Lin Zitan and his wife.

"Uncle George, thank you, thank you for everything you have done for the old man, Emma and I don't have a grandfather anymore, you will be our elder in the future. ”

Lin Zitan hurriedly held the old man's hand and said.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the New Year, and Lin Zitan and Emma had been dealing with property inheritance and house transfer recently.

Fortunately, the 10 million stock fund and income do not need to pay taxes as long as it is indicated that it is for the cost of maintaining the house, and the couple only needs to pay about 5 million inheritance tax before they get the right to use the house.

"Okay, Boss Lin, even if it's done now, you and your wife are now the legal owners of this house, and after a while, ZF will send me a copy of the deed, and I will send you a copy if needed." ”

The royal lawyer of Lin Zitan Real Estate Company helped them deal with the inheritance and transfer case, which usually takes three or five months to process, and the barrister helped them handle it in less than a month and a half.

"Thank you Andrew, this is a red envelope for you and your colleagues in the law firm, I wish you all a happy new year~"

Before leaving, Lin Zitan took out several red envelopes from his handbag, which is also an annual practice.

"Thank you, Boss Lin~"

Even the little girl at the front desk couldn't close her mouth happily when she heard this, because they all knew Lin Zitan's generosity.

Walking out of the lawyer's office, Lin Zi took Emma's hand and walked towards Xiao An's parked car on the side of the road, tonight is the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Chinese, and Li Manrui is already waiting for them to pass.

"It's finally done, let's find someone to redecorate it after the Chinese New Year, right?"

As soon as she got into the car, Emma suggested in a relaxed tone.

"I thought you wanted to keep it the way it was!"

Lin Zi said in surprise.

"If I told you that from the day I first moved into this house when I was 11 years old, I wanted to redecorate it to my own design, would you think I was a bad boy?"

Emma pursed her lips and couldn't help but look up at Lin Zitan.

"Oh, yes, why?"

"Because this house is so big, my grandfather is really a waste! You also heard the lawyer's words, this house is more than 10,000 square feet, and it can live for eight families, but grandpa is stunned to use such a large space as a family.

When I was a child, I was fine, my uncle, aunt and cousin all lived here, which was equivalent to living in 4 families, but as the children grew up, they all moved out, and in the end, I was the only one who came back to stay with my grandfather.

I get tired of watching the servants clean the house every day, and the maintenance fee is only so little, and it costs a lot of money to hire workers for a year!"

Emma couldn't help but complain.

"Then you mean to change this house into 4 families, but will this go against Grandpa's original intention?"

Lin Zitan frowned.

"Since this house can't be sold, we have to spend money to stay and provide it, so we have to find a way to make the house support ourselves~ My grandfather should be able to understand~"

Emma said with a sly smile.

Along the way, the two of them discussed whether to decorate into 6 units or 4 units for a long time, and it was not until Li Manrui's house finally determined that 4 units were the most reasonable and profitable decoration plan.

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Because the original villa has not been fully renovated, this year Li Manrui and her grandfather have moved to Lin Zitan to spend the New Year in another big villa on Long Island.

When the two of them arrived home, it was just lunch time, and Li Manrui began to prepare dinner for the evening as soon as she finished eating, and this year Zhuang Ning and Zhuang Yijun will come over for a reunion, so Li Manrui is ready to make all the preparations first.

"Jingle Bell ~ Jingle Bell ~"

After eating, Lin Zitan accompanied the children to play in the yard for a while and had a snowball fight, and then walked back to the kitchen to help Li Manrui.

At this moment, Lin Zitan's mobile phone suddenly rang.

"Hurry up and pick it up, is your Aunt Zhuang here?" Li Manrui urged.

Lin Zitan opened his mobile phone and saw that it was an unknown number, so he carefully picked it up.

"Hey, hello, who?"