Alternate Tax * Contributed under income tax * by vakilsearch Taxation on income is a vital source of revenue for our Government. Although Companies have to follow a mind-bogglingly complex procedure‚ the list of exemptions and deductions is long. As a result‚ a lot of Companies used these deductions and exemptions and escaped tax liability. While they enjoyed book profits as per their profit and loss accounts (and sometimes even distributed dividend)‚ tax liability as per the Income Tax Act
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Progressive Income Tax Fairness The issue of federal income tax policy has been one of hot debate and controversy for many years. Discussions and arguments on the issue have been presented on the floors of Congress‚ in the United States Supreme Court‚ used by politicians as political platforms‚ broadcasted in televised debates‚ and discussed around the dinner table of American families of various socioeconomic backgrounds for years. The Federal Government of the United States of America‚ like any
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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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industry makes it easy to eat unhealthy. Fast food is a quick‚ cheap‚ and tasteful meal made accessible to virtually anyone. When comparing prices at a grocery store‚ for the most part its clear junk foods are less expensive than healthy foods. If a tax was placed on unhealthy foods‚ it would make a substantial difference in the way consumers shopped. In 1938‚ the Agriculture Act was passed to allow the government to financially aid farmers that grow corn‚ cotton‚ and wheat due to the shortage of
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My final argument will be based on the effectiveness of this tax: The tax will have no significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. It has been claimed that an Australian carbon tax will have no significant impact on the level of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. This claim has been made on two bases. Firstly that it is unlikely to succeed in significantly reducing Australian greenhouse gas emissions and secondly‚ that even if these emissions were to stop completely this would have no
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one of the most important clients at B&C is stressing to the firm that he wants the firm’s expertise to help reduce taxes on his accounts. Peter‚ a tax partner who is a more inclined risk taker has taken on the project‚ but his methods are proving to be illegitimate. He is claiming that top clients do not need third party verification on their tax information when other clients are required to have this verification. Jessica has looked at the past files and found major discrepancies that would only
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Tax Preparing CPAs and Issues Related to Client Confidentiality The case talks about John Jones who is a CPA with 20 years of experience in preparing tax returns for clients. In 2013‚ Jones prepared a list of taxpayers that contained some specific information‚ which he could use to get in touch with those taxpayers for providing them with information regarding business and economic conditions‚ and also use these info for tax education and analysis purposes. As a result‚ the main objective of this
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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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TEST 1 Correct Response Indicate whether each of the items listed below would be included (A) in or excluded (B) from gross income for the 2012 tax year. 1. Alimony | | 2. Lottery winnings | | 3. Life insurance proceeds received upon the death of a family member | | 4. Child support payments | | 5. Reimbursement of hospital expenses from a health insurance plan | | 6. Municipal bond interest | | 7. Unemployment compensation | | 8. Scholarships for tuition and books | | 9
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taxed differently from new ones. * Because of multi-tiered tax structure‚ smokers tend to prefer cheaper cigarette brands. According to the statistics provided by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)‚ consumers downshifted from medium-priced cigarettes to low-priced cigarettes. In the case of alcohol‚ consumption of low-priced beers ballooned from less than 40% in 1994 to more than 70% in 2010. * As tax is affected by inflation‚ tax burden decreases due to lack of price indexation. * The
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