►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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1. Levy of service tax | http://www.servicetax.gov.in/st-forms-home.htm 1.1 As on 1st May‚ 2011‚ 119 services are taxable services in India. These taxable services are specified in Section 65(105) of the Finance Act‚1994. Section 64 of the Finance Act‚ 1994‚ extends the levy of service tax to the whole of India‚ except the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Generally‚ the liability to pay service tax has been placed on the ‘service provider’. However‚ in respect of the taxable
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Sexual Education: Comprehensive Vs. Abstinence-Only High school is either the best days of your life or four years of struggling and mild torture for teens‚ and the pressure to be sexually active can push adolescents towards the latter. The idea that sexual activity is the ticket to popularity is burned into teens brains by the media‚ through television‚ major label music‚ and movies‚ their peers‚ and celebrity role models. They are bombarded with images and sounds dripping with sexual innuendos
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1. What is a progressive tax system? How does it differ from a regressive tax system? Answer: A progressive tax system is a system that requires people with higher income to pay more of their income in taxes. And a progressive tax system is different from a regressive tax system because a regressive tax system requires everyone to pay the same price whereas the progressive requires people with more money to pay more. 2. What is gross income? What types of income are included in gross income? Answer:
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TAX REFORMS IN INDIA * About :- Tax reform is the process of changing the way taxes are collected or managed by the government. Tax reformers have different goals. Some seek to reduce the level of taxation of all people by the government. Some seek to make the tax system more progressive or less progressive. Others seek to simplify the tax system and make the system more understandable‚ or more accountable . Numerous organizations have
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Society’ Assignment on: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF DIRECT TAXATION IN INDIA By Manu Bansal (U311024) PGDM-RM-I-2011 Submitted to Prof.Sureswari Prasad Das Xavier Institute of Management‚ Bhubaneswar INRODUCTION TO DIRECT TAXATION:- ------------------------------------------------- General meaning In the general sense‚ a direct tax is one paid directly to the government by the persons (juristic or natural) on whom it is imposed (often accompanied by a tax return filed by the taxpayer)
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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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Tax Software Evaluation: IRS FreeFile Alicia Paulino University Of Maryland University College Letty Diai The reason why prospective user would use IRS FreeFile is because it’s a service available through the Internal Revenue Services (IRS)‚ which allows U.S taxpayers to prepare and e-file their federal tax return for free‚ either thorugh brand name software or online fillable forms. Free File is managed and operated by the Free File Alliance‚ a consortium of
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International Tax and Public Finance‚ 7‚ 177–194‚ 2000. c 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in The Netherlands. Decomposing Revenue Effects of Tax Evasion and Tax Structure Changes ARINDAM DAS-GUPTA* oldmonk87@yahoo.com Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics‚ B MCC Road‚ Pune 411004‚ Maharashtra‚ India IRA N. GANG gang@economics.rutgers.edu Department of Economics‚ Rutgers University‚ New Brunswick‚ NJ 08901-1248 USA Abstract This paper proposes a method for evaluating the impact
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a commodity. Tax constitute the major source of the government’s income Meaning of Tax The tax is compulsory payment to the Government by taxpayer without any expectation of some specified return. While paying tax‚ the tax-payer is not entitled to force the government to give something in return of the sum he has paid as tax. Characteristics of a Tax A compulsory payment: - Tax is not an optional payment by a citizen but a payment having legal enforcement behind it. Tax is levied by the
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