Service Tax: Dr. Manmohan Singh‚ the then Union Finance Minister‚ in his Budget speech for the year 1994-95 introduced the new concept of Service Tax and stated that ’’ There is no sound reason for exempting services from taxation‚ therefore‚ I propose to make a modest effort in this direction by imposing a tax on services of telephones‚ non-life insurance and stock brokers.’’ Service Tax has been introduced in order to explore new avenues for taxation and to bring more people into the tax net. Service
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undoubtedly‚ rising population is one of the most worried issues at the moment. The governments discourages people to have more children in order to maintain the living standard and save resources and the nation from poverty and economic fall by charging tax more tax. Looking into the pages of history‚ we would see that The United Nations declared ’Five Billion Day’ in the mid 1987 and by the the end of 2012‚ UN figures that global population hits 7 billion. An astounding 40% growth just took place in 20
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1. What is a flow-through entity‚ and what effect does this designation have on how business entities and their owners are taxed? Flow-through entities are entities that are not taxed on the entity level; rather‚ these entities are taxed on the owner’s level. These types of entities conduct a regular business; however‚ the income earned and deductions allowed are passed to the owners of these flow-through entities‚ and the owners are taxed on the amount allocated to them. Thus‚ flow-through entities
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Brandy Corporation Research Memo Facts Brandy Corporation agreed to purchase a new air conditioning unit for its office building on December 27‚ 2006‚ for $300‚000. Unfortunately‚ the unit was not installed until October 21‚ 2007 because of multiple delays throughout the shipping process. On March 28‚ 2008‚ Brandy Corporation first used its new air conditioning unit. Issues 1. What year should Brandy Corporation recognize the air conditioning unit was first put into service? 2. How much
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Fat Tax It is often said that people who suffer from obesity usually experience an eating disorder‚ or depression. My whole life I have heard that people who are obese mainly it’s due to their genes or the way they eat. In discussion of should there be a fat tax for being overweight in the US‚ one controversial issue has been the discrimination on these people. On the other hand‚ obesity contends an unneeded taxation. Others even maintain raising junk food prices. My own view is to raise junk food
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May 3‚ 2010 Tax File Memorandum Subject Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home Incorporated prepaid income treatment. Facts Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home Inc. is an accrual basis taxpayer who sells prepaid goods and services to clients that will be provided for them at the time of their death. Goods and services are refundable upon the purchasers request at any time until the contracts are fulfilled. Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home Incorporated is in need of determining the period of recognition
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loss on the home when its value was $280‚000 and the value of furniture and personal belongings inside the house was $50‚000. The homeowner’s policy will only cove 50% of the value of the loss. Specific Issues 1. Whether Sam can claim any type of tax deduction on his individual return for the damages to the house. 2. If so‚ how is the amount of the deduction determined? Conclusions 1. Sam can claim itemized
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2011 Earned Income Credit (EIC) Table Caution. not 1. 2. Example. And your filing status is— If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is— Single‚ head of household‚ or qualifying widow(er) and you have— No children At least But less than One child Two Three children children Your credit is— 2‚400 2‚450 2‚450 2‚500 186 189 825 842 970 990 1‚091 1‚114 And your filing status is – If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is – Single‚ head
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Junk Food tax is defined as“taxing less nutritional value food such as sugary pop while food with high nutritional value will not be taxed.” (Rupert Taylor‚ 2009). Junk Food is generally consumed by people with a wide range of ages‚ a majority of children‚ adults or even elderly love consuming junk food. It is likely to say that junk food contains quite a lot of fat and food additives which have low nutritional value and bad to our health. Research appears to show (Dr. Michael Booth‚ 2009) that the
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A Case for lower Corporate Tax Submitted by Student -201204997 on 11th of march 2013 Executive Summary •Policy Makers in the United Kingdom may as well take notice and acknowledge that lower corporate tax can give essential profits to business competiveness without fundamentally hurting the medium-term budget viewpoint. Several countries lately have reduced or plan to reduce their corporate tax rates in order to stimulate investment‚ create jobs and promote faster economic growth
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