According to the Department of Health (DOH)‚ almost 17.3 million Filipinos are tobacco consumers. About 1‚073 cigarette sticks are consumed by Filipinos annually. This high consumption rate is seen as a result of low cigarette prices in the country. Smoking is seen as one of the primary factors responsible for 71 percent of lung cancer deaths in the world. According to DOH statistics‚ lung cancer is the leading form of cancer in the country‚ and that 10 Filipinos die every hour because of smoking
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RA7160 Sec. 140. Amusement Tax. (a) The province may levy an amusement tax to be collected from the proprietors‚ lessees‚ or operators of theaters‚ cinemas‚ concert halls‚ circuses‚ boxing stadia‚ and other places of amusement at a rate of not more than thirty-percent (30%) of the gross receipts from admission fees. (d.) The Sangguniang Panlalawigan may prescribe the time‚ manner‚ terms and conditions for the payment of tax. In case of fraud or failure to pay the tax‚ the sangguniang panlalawigan
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FairTax 1. Will transfer tax burden from upper class to middle class 2. Will negatively impact housing market and charities 3. Will create huge underground economy and will lead to higher rates on consumption than predicted 4. Will not abolish IRS‚ but rather require increased government monitoring to ensure tax compliance 5. Not enough evidence of practicality and beneficial results of FairTax to justify risks Pretty much everyone would agree that our current tax system is almost comically
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The Value-Added Tax: Is It Good for the United States? Michael D. Cobb BUS490 Business Policy Professor: Robert Brown May 29‚ 2011 The individual federal income tax system used in our country is currently extremely complicated. It is so complicated that the tax code started with about 400 pages long in 1913 to over 70k pages long today (CCH‚ 2010). It benefits higher income individuals leaving those that are at or below the poverty line in a struggle. Our government
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or loss important? Characterizing a gain or loss means to label it as either ordinary or capital (long-term or short-term). It is important to characterize a gain or loss because gains and losses of different characters are treated differently for tax purposes. 7. Explain the difference between ordinary‚ capital‚ and 1231 assets. Ordinary assets are generally assets created or used in taxpayer’s trade or business.
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MGMT611: Strategy Natalya Vinokurova Corporate Strategy Session 15 1 Corporate Scope Corporate center Division A in industry a Division B in industry b Division C in industry c Division D in industry d – The average U.S. Fortune 500 company operates in four different industries – Diversification is even more prominent in other parts of the world • Grupos‚ chaebol‚ business houses‚ keiretsu‚ and so on – Poor corporate strategy is common “Excite‚ one of the leading Internet services
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Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT): • Fringe benefits tax (FBT) is paid on certain benefits employers provide to their employees or their employees’ associates in place of salary or wages. • Fringe: Not part of the mainstream; unconventional‚ peripheral‚ or extreme. • The FBT should be a major concern for the Vybhav Corporation when they planned to increase the fringe benefits. • Employee welfare‚ health club sports and similar facilities. 30 percent. • The employer pays the FBT but many of them recover
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LABUAN SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH LABUAN INTERNATIONAL CAMPUS GB30703 INTERNATIONAL MONEY AND CAPITAL MARKETS INTEREST RATE AND EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES SEMESTER 1‚ 2013/2014 PREPARED TO: MR. RICKY CHIA CHEE JIUN PREPARED BY: NO. NAME MATRIC NO. HP. NO. 1 MUHAMMAD RIDZWAN BIN ABD RAHMAN BG11110337 013-6604707 SUBMISSION DATE: 10th DECEMBER 2013 Table of Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADF
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►Progressive/graduated tax Generally‚ rates increase as income increases ►Federal income taxes ►FORMULA: ►Income (very broadly inclusive) ►LESS: Exclusions (income not subject to taxation) ►EQUALS Gross income ►LESS: Deductions for adjusted gross income ►EQUALS Adjusted gross income ►LESS: Greater of itemized deductions or standard deduction ►LESS: Personal exemptions ►EQUALS Taxable income ►MULTIPLIED BY: Tax rate ►EQUALS Tax owed ►LESS: Tax credits ►LESS: Tax prepayments/withholdings
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primary and secondary data. However‚ for the primary data the questionnaire was used to solicit responses from the respondents. In conclusion economic recession‚ governmental policy‚ employment of expatriates and trade union wage demand increase the rate of unemployment. The study emphasis that planning for human resources use in Nigeria has been based on guesswork and needs reevaluation. Keywords: Unemployment‚ Human resource planning‚ Graduates‚ Economy. 142 British Journal of Arts and Social
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