Memo to File Date: February 09‚ 2012 Re: Reducing Dr. Kevorkian’s tax liability from passive investments before year’s end. Facts: In 2010 Dr. Kevorkian had the following transactions: He has active income‚ from medical practice of $150‚000 (active income). He expects to receive $10‚000 in interest and dividends (portfolio income). He invests $100‚000 in Limited‚ a limited partnership (passive income). Limited lost money and Dr. Kevorkian’s share of the loss is $15‚000. In 2011 Dr. Kevorkian
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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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MANAGEMENT Financial Management Value Added Tax; Goods and Service Tax ABDOLMABOOD FOOLADIVANDA | MH101017 | Prepared for Prof. Dr. Melati bt Ahmad Anuar April‚ 2011 1. Introduction VAT is a system in which the tax is collected on the value added to the goods at each stage of sales. The dealer selling the goods collects tax on the full price at which he sells the goods. At the end of a tax period he reduces from the tax so collected by him‚ the tax which has been charged to by the dealers
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True/false #1 Any distribution in excess of E & P is treated as a tax-free recovery of capital by shareholders. ANS: F Distributions in excess of E & P are a tax-free recovery of capital to the extent of stock basis. Distributions in excess of basis trigger recognition of capital gain. #21 A corporation that distributes a property dividend must reduce its E & P by the fair market value of the property less any liability on the property. ANS: F E & P must be reduced by the greater of the adjusted
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Luk’s Tax Cheat Sheet Types of Income and Net Income: Segment A: Employment Income‚ Business Income‚ Property Income‚ Other (alimony) Segment B: Taxable capital gains less allowable capital losses either + or zero Segment C: Other deductions ie. RRSP contribution‚ moving expense‚ etc. Segment D: Employment‚ business or property loss; allowable business investment loss Employment Test: Control Test: An employer has the right to tell an employee what to do‚ when‚ and how Ownership of Tools:
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Debt‚ Death & Taxes 16th October 2002 Robert Camilleri The Conservative government doctrine is essentially defined as the party of tax relief. But now conservatives have converted themselves into the party of debt retirement. The conservative government has lost interest in tax cutting and instead wants to devote the surplus tax payments and asset sales over the next 3 years to paying down the national debt. The Howard-Costello government‚ seen as militant debt hawks‚ has announced their goal
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PROJECT FRINGE BENEFIT TAX SUBMITTED BY PRIYANK JAGAWANSHI 08B088 priyankjagawanshi@gmail.com 2008-2013 VII SEMISTER SUBMITTED TO Mr. CHAMARTI RAMESH KUMAR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW 1|P a ge CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 ABSTRACT 4 INTRODUCTION 5 FRINGE BENEFITS TAX (FBT) 6 LEGISLATION AND STATUTORY REGULATIONS 8 EXEMPTIONS IN FRINGE BENEFITS TAX 10 ABOLITION OF FBT – REASONS 11 IMPACT OF ABOLITION OF FRINGE BENEFITS TAX 14 CONCLUSION
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SIN TAX (HOUSE BILL 5727) SHOULD BE LAGALIZED IN THE REPUBLIC OF PHILIPPINES (+) In partial fulfillment of the requirements Of the subject PHIN11A Submitted by: Ceejay Martinez Abby Padua Merene‚ Myka Kim Villareal‚ Peter James On October 3‚ 2012 To: Ms. Violeta Tabin PREMISES 1. Smoking cigars and drinking liquors are bad to health. 2. Number of accidents will be lessen. 3. Lessen the number of users. 4. It may cause air pollution. 5. It may stop the production of cigars and liquors
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An ad valorem tax is a tax based on the value of the incurred‚ like the value added tax‚ sales tax‚ property tax or inheritance tax. The value of the goods‚ services or properties is the basis for the tax collected. Specific tax on the other hand‚ is a tax based on the quantity produced. It is not a function of the value of the product being taxed. Cigarettes are a product being taxed in such category. The use of specific tax could have been a good idea since it is evident that even though
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Corporate Tax Levies Learning Objectives After studying this chapter‚ the student should be able to: 1. Calculate the corporation’s alternative minimum tax liability (if any). 2. Determine whether a corporation is a personal holding company (PHC). 3. Calculate the corporation’s PHC tax. 4. Determine whether a corporation is liable for the accumulated earnings tax. 5. Calculate the amount of the corporation’s accumulated earnings tax.
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