Smokers and the tax The fallacy in the proposed higher tax on cigarettes is the belief that the number of smokers will be reduced if the price of the smoke goes up beyond their reach. This may well be true if there were no cheaper and better-tasting substitutes which are taxed. However‚ there are a lot of reasons for smokers should pay a health tax. First‚ smoking is unhealthy. Therefore‚ people should care about themselves and think about other people around them. Smoking cause a lot of diseases
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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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Executive Summary The purpose of this report was to analyze the ’alcopops’ tax with related economic theory and outline the main issue and identify the key stakeholders. Also‚ the report will provide solutions and alternate recommendations. This report is based on news article provided from teachers which are about ’alcopops’ tax. Findings portray that alcopops are especially popular among teenagers and the imposition of the tax is not effective for young people due to they can find other sustitubes
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| Convergence | Acc304 | | Home | 5/22/2011 | This report will discuss the convergence of IFRS and GAAP‚ it will cover some of the similarities and differences between the two‚ go over risk for companies as well as ways for companies to prepare. | IFRS and GAAP and what convergence means. In financial surprise accounting the objective for financial reporting are to provide useful information for potential investors and creditors‚ assessing cash flow‚ and about claims and changes
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4.1 Understand tax depreciation procedures and the effect of depreciation on the firm’s cash flows. 1) Depreciation deductions‚ like any other business expenses‚ reduce the income that a firm reports on its income statement. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Topic: Depreciation Learning Obj.: LG 1 Learning Outcome: F-02 Question Status: Previous Edition AACSB Tag: Analytic Skills 2) Non-cash charges are expenses that involve an actual outlay of cash during the period but are not deducted on the income
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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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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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Growth This paper investigates the design of tax structures to promote economic growth. It suggests a “tax and growth” ranking of taxes‚ confirming results from earlier literature but providing a more detailed disaggregation of taxes. Corporate taxes are found to be most harmful for growth‚ followed by personal income taxes‚ and then consumption taxes. Recurrent taxes on immovable property appear to have the least impact. A revenue neutral growth-oriented tax reform would‚ therefore‚ be to shift part
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depreciated. Kennedy can sell the used equipment today for $5 million‚ and its tax rate is 40 percent. What is the equipment’s after tax net salvage value. Book Value (BV) = (1 – 0.8) x $20 = $4 million Market Value (MV) = $5 million Additional Taxable Income = MV – BV = $1 million Additional Taxes = 0.4 x $1 = $0.4 million After tax salvage value = $4 - $0.4 = $3.6 million Or use the following formula: After-tax Salvage Value = MV – T x (MV – BV) 1 PROBLEM 6 (Chapter 12) You must evaluate
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between accrual-basis accounting and cash-basis accounting? The variation between accrual basis accounting and cash basis accounting‚ is how cash is documented. Cash basis is an accounting basis that is used when expenses and revenue are paid out or received. This is when the transaction will be recorded. In accrual-basis accounting‚ transactions are recorded when they actually happen. Payment does not need to be made for the transaction to be recognized in accrual-basis accounting unlike cash-basis
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