give you $500‚000 on your 35th birthday. Assuming you are age 21 (thus 14 years from receiving this)‚ what is the present value of this gift if the appropriate discount rate is 8.0%? (Ch5) a. $170‚231 b. $282‚449 c. $442‚619 d. $191‚206 e. $734‚664 2. You need $10‚900 for the down payment on a new car. You presently have $5‚000 in savings for which you expect to earn 6% (annual rate‚ compounded monthly). If you deposit a further $500 each month to this account‚ how long‚ approximately‚ before you
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Rob Markey‚ the authors of The Ultimate Question 2.0‚ we learn that one simple question can gauge if a company is meeting it’s objectives with their customers: “Would you recommend a product or service to your family‚ friends‚ or colleagues”? The Net Promoter Score or NPS‚ which is derived from this question‚ employs three factors for measuring this metric: • Promoters: people who love your company or product and will recommend to others • Passives: people who are ok with your company or product
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Understanding Federal Income Tax Taxes have been part of our economy for a long time and are enforced by the government or other agencies‚ on income and expenses. Taxation in the United States began when it was composed of colonies. During this time taxes were imposed on commodities through legislative such as the Stamp Act‚ the Sugar Act‚ Townshend Revenue Act‚ and Tea Act. Later‚ in 1913‚ the states ratified the sixteenth amendment‚ which gave congress power to tax incomes. Taxes were imposed
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IMPACT OF TAX REFORMS SINCE 1991 Tax reform since 1991 was initiated as a part of the structural reform process‚ following the economic crisis of 1991. Direct Tax Reforms: 1. As per the recommendations of the TRC the personal tax brackets were only three‚ of 20‚ 30‚ and 40% starting in 1992–93. Financial assets were excluded from the wealth tax‚ and the maximum marginal rate was reduced to 1%. 2. Further reductions came in 1997–98‚ when the three rates were brought down further to 10‚ 20‚
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TAX HAVEN Index Definition and characteristics of Tax Haven Page 2 Tax Haven Criteria Page 5 Particularities of some tax havens Page 7 Evolution of the Spanish Tax Law Page 11 1. Definition and characteristics of Tax Haven Probably most people have heart about tax havens‚ but maybe there are confusions about the exact meaning of this concept. So on‚ we consider important to define a tax haven in order to have a clear idea. What identifies an area as a tax haven is the existence
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Asia Technological School of Science and Arts (ASIATECH) are in the education business since 2010. It started opening vocational or two year program in the field of information technology and hospitality management. To date‚ ASIATECH is now offering programs in the tertiary education with eight baccalaureate programs. With the increase of students enrolling in the institution‚ it is also a requirement that they increase the
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* * Part A: Tax Avoidance and evasion Introduction According to Hyde (2010) tax evasion cost the UK treasury over £15 billion annually. This is approximately 3% of the total tax liabilities that individuals and organisations are meant to pay to the Her Majesty Revenue and Customs (HMRC). While an estimate of £25 billion is lost through tax avoidance annually (Murphy‚ nd). These are huge sums of money that could go a long way to help the government reduce the national deficit or could
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of VAT‚ i.e. taxable persons‚ registration and deregistration‚ imports and exports‚ categories of supplies‚ different accounting schemes‚ and the administration of VAT‚ are discussed. I. Income tax is charged under the trading income provisions of Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 Part 2 on the profits of any “trade‚ profession or vocation whether carried on in the UK or elsewhere” . Accordingly‚ all self-employed have trading income regardless of their business activities. In the
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the alcopops tax is to correct for the negative externalities which abusers of alcopops impose on society. Using diagram(s) discuss how a tax on alcopops can correct for negative externalities associated with excessive consumption of alcopops. In a publication by University of Southern Queensland (2008)‚ it defines that ‘excise taxes are taxes imposed on sellers of certain goods and services‚ and they are usually substantially higher tan sales tax on regular goods’. Moreover‚ ‘tax incidence is
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Tax file memorandum Subject: Profit or Loss from business I. Facts: In early 2010‚ Walter Hodges became interested in the real estate market so he initiated his investigation into the real estate market. Mr. Hodges intended to acquire real estate with the intentions for investment or rental. Mr. Hodge has no previous knowledge or exposure to any real estate rental or investment industry. As a result‚ Mr. Hodges began in Spring 2010 to advertise and expose his business through
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