After doing this assignment I realized some of the reason that low-income families do what they do. It is very hard for a family to live off of a minimum wage salary; it doesn’t matter if it is a single parent or a two-parent household. The more people are in a household‚ the more expenses there will be‚ I never really thought about that concept until doing this assignment. Something’s that some people might take for granted can actually be a luxury to others. A car for example‚ I never realized
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earnings are the bottom line of their income statement and is a measure of the firm’s income over a given period of time. The cash flow of a firm shows how a firm has used the cash it earned during a set of time. There are two reasons that the income statement does not show the amount of cash earned. One‚ there are non-cash entries on the income statement and second‚ there are certain uses such as a purchase of a building that are not reported on the income statement. The statement of cash flows
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Presentation of Comprehensive Income By: Logan Bell October 3‚ 2012 The Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-05‚ Comprehensive Income: Presentation of Comprehensive Income was issued to increase the importance of items reported in other comprehensive income. The FASB‚ along with IASB‚ worked jointly to improve and converge the reporting and presentation requirements for items contained in other comprehensive income. At the same time FASB issued ASU 2011-05‚ IASB issued an amendment to IAS
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National income accounting provides economists and statisticians with detailed information that can be used to track the health of an economy and to forecast future growth and development. The measure of national income allows us to compare output and the standard of living of one country with another‚ an increase in the National Income statistics usually an increase in standard of living. The measure of national income that we use to do this is known as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP per capita
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Income Tax Is not one Tax but an Aggregation Of Taxes Tax is a fee charge by the Govt. on any product income or activity. Taxes in India are of two types‚ Direct Tax and Indirect Tax. Direct Tax‚ like income tax‚ wealth tax‚ etc. are those whose burden falls directly on the taxpayer. The burden of indirect taxes‚ like service tax‚ VAT‚ etc. can be passed on to a third party. Income Tax is all income other than agricultural income levied and collected by the central government and shared
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Last year many famous pop and sports stars earned millions of dollars each. Many other entertainment and sports personalities also have very high incomes. On the other hand‚ most people in ’ordinary’ professions like nurses‚ doctors and teachers earn only a small fraction of the income of these ’stars’. What do you think about stars receiving very high salaries? Is it fair that jobs that directly help people are paid much less? Some people may argue that while those pop and sports stars are earning
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In addition to its direct effect on poverty‚ inequality also effects poverty indirectly through its impact on growth. Initial cross-country studies found that greater initial income inequality actually reduces future growth even after controlling for initial levels of GDP and human capital. Evidence predominantly suggests that inequality is bad for growth. The World Development Report 2000/01 concludes that better distribution is possible without a reduction in economic growth. In other words there
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Equilibrium Level of Income The Consumption and Saving Functions Consumption is the part of income spent on goods and services yielding direct satisfaction. It occupies the biggest chunk of the expenditure on output. Y= C+S Where Y= Income C= Consumption S= Saving Factors Influencing Consumption 1. Distribution of national income 2. Interst rate 3. Desire to hold cash 4. Price level 5. Population 6. Income 7. Taxes 8. Attitudes and values Consumption function is the relationship
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Gender Income Gap Diane Smith ENG 122 English Composition II Instructor Stephanie Derisi August 30‚ 2014 Gender Income Gap In American society today there is an imbalance in the gender income gap between men and women in the work force. Many factors such as discrimination‚ productivity‚ educational background and disproportional hours worked contribute to this ongoing challenge. While many are skeptical‚ others remain to have strong beliefs that women and men are treated equally. In most
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time? (Muni) Write the history of national income estimates in India? What are the estimates of National Income before and after independence? Ans: Estimations of National Income before independence: Several estimates of National Income were prepared during the British period. The 1st estimate of national income was prepared by Dadabhai Nauroji for the year 1867 - 68. Accordingly the N.I and Per Capita Income of the country were Rs. 340 crores & Rs
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