Should There Be Taxes on Sodas or Other Junk Foods? Position: No Background: The question whether or not to put a tax on sugary beverages and junk food has made its way to our legislatures desks because of the overwhelming population of obese people throughout the world. The alarming consequences of obesity have given the government reasoning to take charge and try to rectify the problem. They believe that by taxing certain food items that are high in sugar and salt content‚ trans fat‚ and saturated
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Jade Johnson November 30‚ 2010 SA 5005 Social Welfare Policy and Services Drug Addiction: A Hobby or a Disease What is Drug Addiction Whether talking about any drug addiction: alcohol addiction‚ cocaine addiction‚ methamphetamine addiction‚ or even heroin addiction‚ the pattern is the same‚ the person tries to escape some physical or emotional pain by taking drugs. This could be a physical or emotional pain‚ or the discomfort of boredom‚ peer pressure‚ and/or lack of social skills. The
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Japan—Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages WT/DS11/AB/R; October 4‚ 1996‚ Report of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization Facts: The Japan Liquor Tax Law (Shuzeiho) taxes liquors sold in Japan based on the type of beverage. There are ten categories of beverage. Shochu is distilled from potatoes‚ buckwheat‚ or other grains. Shochu and vodka share many characteristics. However‚ vodka and other imported liquors fall in categories with a tax rate that is seven or eight times higher than the
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p.a.‚ and the company is in the 34% tax bracket; the company expects $306‚000 of earnings before interest and taxes every year in perpetuity. What would be the value of the firm if it was financed entirely with equity? What amount of the firm’s annual earnings is available to stockholders? 2 Exercise 2 Gibson‚ Inc.‚ expects perpetual earnings before interest and taxes of $1.2 mil. per year; the firm’s pre-tax cost of debt is 8% p.a.‚ and its annual interest expense is $200‚000;
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Problem 17-1 Dividends and Taxes [LO2] Dark Day‚ Inc.‚ has declared a $5.60 per share dividend. Suppose capital gains are not taxed‚ but dividends are taxed at 15 percent. New IRS regulations require that taxes be withheld at the time the dividend is paid. Dark Day sells for $94.10 per share‚ and the stock is about to go ex-dividend. What do you think the ex-dividend price will be? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g.‚ 32.16)) Ex-dividend price $ Problem 17-2 Stock Dividends
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junk food. The Center of Disease Control predicts that nearly half of Americans will be obese by the year 2030. With obesity expected to keep growing‚ the most logical first step would be to address what people are consuming. Some argue that adding taxes onto common junk foods will not only shrink this growing problem‚ but encourage people to live a healthier lifestyle. There are skeptics
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Environmental Taxes in the United Kingdom and Australia Written by‚ Group No: 1031 Sherman Li (610016052) Meenu Annadurai (610032500) Chi Yan Wong (590070663) Ghinna Maharanny (610042745) BEA 2002 15 February 2013 Word Count: 1994 words TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents………………………………………………………………...2 1.0 Introduction ………………………………………………………………… 3 2.0 Landfill Tax …………………………………………………………………4 3.1 United Kingdom……………………………………………………..4 3.2 Australia……………………………………………………………
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Objective I believe our highest objective in business is to make a profit. We can achieve this goal by the use of good ethics. Due to my past experience working in product design I know the owners of Hobby Lobby are professing Christin’s and have their own ethical standards. Hobby Lobby is a well-known company which gives us a great opportunity to get exposure from new businesses. This exposure could bring us more profit. Because we do supply to Hobby Lobby‚ it is very crucial we keep a good relationship
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Thinking As A Hobby "How does one think ?"‚ is a question pondered by many. William Golding has basically broken down thinking into three basic grades of thinking. I believe that Golding ’s purpose of this story is to make the reader secretly put their self into one of the styles of thinking. Golding elaborates on each individual grade of thinking to help the reader class them self into a particular grade. A grade-three thinker is the most common of the grades‚ "Man is a gregarious animal‚ and enjoys
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CHAPTER 19 ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES Multiple Choice 1. Major reasons for disclosure of deferred income tax information is (are) a. better assessment of quality of earnings. b. better predictions of future cash flows. c. that it may be helpful in setting government policy. d. all of these. 2. Taxable income of a corporation a. differs from accounting income due to differences in intraperiod allocation between the two methods of income determination. b.
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