“Fat Tax” Not a Panacea “Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360‚000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic level. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing.”- Tom Harkin. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health‚ leading to reduce life expectancy and/or increased health problems (Wikipedia). To cut that number
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Tobacco tax: good for health‚ good for government finances Tobacco use kills over 5 million people each year and is the largest single preventable cause of premature death.1 Tobacco is very costly to society through high costs to treat tobacco-induced disease or through loss of productivity as a result of the premature deaths. But governments have a tool to combat the costs of tobacco use — tobacco taxation. Higher tobacco prices decrease consumption and encourage people to quit Increasing
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Vassil Doudov English 1302-7002 04/28/2012 Mss. Brown Iraq for Sale The first scenario shows how a young man gets killed because of lack of protection in his vehicle. Scotty had a two month contract in Iraq which also allowed him to make a lot more money working there. Blackwater security counseling is the name of the company he worked for. There were four American civilians killed and sadly Scotty was one of them. First his vehicle was not armored properly. Second there was no gunner
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Carbon tax is an environmental tax levied on the carbon content of fuels. It is a form of carbon pricing. Carbon is present in every hydrocarbon fuel ‚ such as coal‚ petroleum‚ and natural gas. It is then released as carbon dioxide (CO2) when they are burnt. In contrast‚ non-combustion energy sources—wind‚sunlight‚ hydropower‚ and nuclear—do not convert hydrocarbons to CO2. CO2 is a heat-trapping "greenhouse" gas. Scientists have debated and discussed the potential effects on the climate system of
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UG2 Marketing Sales Promotion Sales promotion is one of the five aspects or elements of promotional mix. Promotional elements are advertising‚ personal selling‚ public relations‚ sales promotion and direct marketing. Sales and promotion is the fourth one. Sales promotion is a fast process that makes the people to be aware of some kind of good and services and increases their interests in buying those good or service‚ sales promotion is for all kind of customers. Sales promotion is one of
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Ch. 12 Taxable Income and Tax Payable for Corporations I. Calculation of Net Income For Tax Purposes and Taxable Income - Corporations follow the applicable ordering rules of Section 3 in computing NITP Net Income for Tax Purposes Less: Div C deductions Taxable Income Most of the Div. C deductions for corporations are DIFFERENT from the Div. C deductions for individuals. Div C deductions for Corporations: 1. Charitable
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MEMORANDUM TO: Dr. Green FROM: Kecia Carter DATE: November 28‚ 2010 RE: Tax Memo #1/Gambling Activities Issue #1 Dr. Green is a practicing physician in Chicago who‚ as an avid blackjack and slot machine player‚ travels to Las Vegas bi-weekly to gamble. He would like to know what criteria are used to determine whether his gambling activities constitute a trade or business for federal income tax purposes and whether or not you think his gambling activities qualify for trade or business
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One of the key drivers of current Philips business strategy is fixing sales fundamentals at main outlets of Philips customers (retailers). Sales fundamentals are basic indicators like shelf share‚ display share‚ leaflet share and merchandising vs. Philips market share per key categories. Basically‚ those indicators (sales fundamentals) should be at least or ideally higher than the market share. Let’s take one category as an example – Philips has 60% market share in male grooming category so Philips
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I. How Do Businesses Compete? （Q1‚Q2) 1. Business strategies are primarily concerned with allocating resources across functional activities and product-markets to give the unit a sustainable advantage over its competitors. 2. The unit’s core competencies and resources‚ together with the customer and competitive characteristics of its industry‚ determine the viability of any particular competitive strategy. 3. Most SBUs pursue a single competitive strategy—one that best fits their market environments
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF INTERNET INTRODUCTION Internet has become the most ever powerful tool for man throughout the world. The internet is a collection of various services and resources. Although‚ many people still think e-mail and World Wide Web as the principle constituents of internet‚ there is lot more in store than e-mail‚ chat rooms‚ celebrity web sites and search engines. It also became the best business tool of modern scenario. Today internet has brought a globe in a single
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