Josh Keeder Tax Accounting 2 Professor Jackson Offshore Tax Havens Introduction: Offshore tax havens are a tax-avoiding loophole that sends money over seas where there is no or little tax. This has become the go to move of some of the top corporations of the United States as these companies are costing the U.S over one hundred fifty billion dollars of revenue each year. (1) Last year alone it was concluded that the top fifteen multinational companies held $776 billion dollars offshore in various
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FEATURES OF SERVICE TAX 1. Scope: It is leviable on taxable services ‘provided’ or ‘to be provided’ by a service provider. The services ‘to be provided’ in future are taxed only if payment in its respect is received in advance. Two separate persons required Payment to employees not covered: For charge of service tax‚ it is necessary that the service provider and service recipient should be two separate persons acting on ‘principal to principal basis’. Services provided by an employee to
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made. 1. The statutory requirements for tax compliances are listed below: * 9% of wages and salaries is to be calculated as superannuation for every quarter * 4.75% is payroll tax of wages and salaries for every quarter * Worker compensation is 2% of salaries and wages for every quarter * For every quarter the company tax is 30% of net profit before taxes. Current Liabilities: GST: Goods and service tax is a value added tax of 10% in most services and goods‚ it is imposed
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Who did it? eBay avoided £ 50m in tax Starbucks paid less than 1% tax on its profit IKEA halved its tax bill Former Italian Prime Minister Bersculoni List goes on…. How do they do it? Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) Sister Company Round Tripping Tax havens Influencing audit committees Who is affected? Government Less of taxes Profits siphoned off to other countries Fiscal deficit General public Less spending from govt.‚ less benefits
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I. INTRODUCTION To raise revenue for tight government budgets‚ legislators sometimes attempt to raise revenue by imposing unusually high excise taxes on cigarettes‚ liquor‚ gambling‚ and so on. This type of charge‚ often called a "sin tax‚" appeals to voters who view it as a way of discouraging consumption of certain objectionable products. It reduces the income of the buyer.Lowers profits for the seller‚ and leads to reduced investment‚ wages‚ and jobs.It is not likely to seriously
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Committee of Public Accounts The Committee of Public Accounts is appointed by the House of Commons to examine ‘‘the accounts showing the appropriation of the sums granted by Parliament to meet the public expenditure‚ and of such other accounts laid before Parliament as the committee may think fit’’ (Standing Order No 148). Current membership Rt Hon Margaret Hodge (Labour‚ Barking) (Chair) Mr Richard Bacon (Conservative‚ South Norfolk) Mr Stephen Barclay (Conservative‚ North East Cambridgeshire)
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Tax Research - Chapter 3 Homework Assignment 1‚ 6‚ 9-24‚ 31-33‚ & 81 1. The three primary sources of U.S. federal tax law are the U.S. Constitution‚ tax treaties‚ and the Internal Revenue Code. 6. Congress has passed several laws to discourage tax protesters. For instance‚ a taxpayer is subject to a $5‚000 fine if he files a “frivolous” tax return as a form of protest against the IRS or the budgetary process. This fine would be levied‚ for example‚ when the taxpayer files a blank tax return
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SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Goods & Services Tax Report submitted to Dr. Dhirendra Deshpande in partial fulfillment for the degree of Masters in Business Administration Symbiosis International University‚ Pune Abstract: This report is an attempt to understand the impact of GST on Indian economy. The report defines Sales Tax and Value-Added Tax (VAT). It then looks at the Goods and Services Tax (GST) design in India which has been adapted to suit the Indian taxation
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Portfolio Project ACT400 Corporate Tax-ACT400 September 1st‚ 2012 Portfolio Project ACT400 I. Problem 1-Osprey Corporation a. Facts Dan and Patrick Zimbrick‚ sole shareholders of Osprey Corporation have been required to repay compensation to Osprey Corporation that was found by the IRS to be excessive. In order to determine how these repayments are to be treated for tax purposes‚ it is important to note that in 2006 the board of directors made up of Dan‚ Patrick
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Tax Relief for Resident Individual Year 2010‚ 2011 & 2012 No. Individual Relief Types Amount (RM) 1 Self and Dependent 9‚000 2 Medical expenses for parents 5‚000 (Limited) 3 Basic supporting equipment 5‚000 (Limited) 4 Disabled Individual 6‚000 5 Education Fees (Individual) 5‚000 (Limited) 6 Medical expenses for serious diseases 5‚000 (Limited) 7 Complete medical examination 500 (Limited) 8 Purchase of books‚ journals‚ magazines and publications 1‚000 (Limited)
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