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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Basics of Direct Taxes(Income Tax Act) and Indirect Taxes(VAT‚ CST‚ Excise duty‚ Service Tax etc.‚) The Persons who are taxed are called “Assessees”. Assessees or “Person” under the Income Tax Act‚ 1961(as amended Yearly under the respective Finance Acts) are as follows:- 1) Individual 2) Hindu Undivided Family(HUF) 3) Firm or Association of Persons(AOP) 4) Joint Stock Company 5) Every other person Whether an Assessee is liable to be taxed and if so‚ on what income etc.‚ depends on the
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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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CHAPTER 13 BUSINESS TAX CREDITS AND CORPORATE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEM MATERIALS Status: Q/P Question/ Present in Prior Problem Topic Edition Edition 1 Limitation on general business credit for Modified 1 individuals 2 General business credit carryovers Modified 2 3 Issue recognition New 4 Rehabilitation expenditures tax credit Unchanged 3 5 Rehabilitation expenditures tax credit Unchanged 4 6 Ethics problem
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The Purpose of Prison Robert Lingo CRJ 303 Bridget Lott March 2nd‚ 2012 The Purpose of Prison Not everyone is model citizens within a society. Individuals cheat people out of money‚ murder‚ rob‚ and rape others within society. When people commit crime against others and not stay within the law they must be punished. This research paper will discuss the purposes for prisons‚ and analyze conditions of prison. There are programs in prison and out of prison to try to reduce an individual from returning
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Tax Research Case Travel expense deduction A551 fall 2012 December 4‚ 2012 I. Facts The tax payer‚ Miss Teecher‚ is a teacher who teaches Latin American in high school for 4 years. She is 28 years old and single. She plans to have a travel to South America from June 4 to June 11 through the local university. She thinks it is a business travel since it can enhance his teaching abilities. She plans to spend about 2‚000USD during the trip. She wants to take 2 days to have sightseeing. Her
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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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The Tax Research Process The overriding purpose of tax research is to find solutions to the tax problems of one’s clients or employer. The process is similar to that of traditional legal research. The researcher must find authority‚ evaluate the usefulness of that authority‚ and apply the results of the research to a specific situation. One can identify two essential tax research skills: * The first is using certain mechanical techniques to identify and locate the tax authorities that relate to
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What is the economic intuition and what are the concepts underlying deferred tax accounting? What goals/objectives are standard setters trying to achieve by requiring deferred tax accounting‚ compared to say‚ just having companies recognize tax expense as the cash paid (or at least currently owed) to the government? The economic intuition of deferred tax accounting is to account for the differences between the tax expense shown in the financial statements and the current taxes payable to the
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TOPIC:- GOODS AND SERVICE TAX ---AN EFFORT TO REDUCE DISPARITY SUBMITTED TO MR.VISHVAS CHAKRANARAYAN. SUBMITTEDBY SABA MASOD ROLL NO:- B43 SECTION:- SM1001
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