9-595-026 REV: OCTOBER 2‚ 2002 V. KASTURI RANGAN Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A) On a rainy afternoon in 1989‚ Rana Talwar‚ head of Citibank’s Asia Pacific Consumer Bank‚ reflected upon the 11 years that had gone by since the Consumer Bank had established its consumer business in Asia. The branch banking business operations in 15 countries throughout Asia Pacific and the Middle East projected Citibank as a prestigious‚ consumer-oriented international bank and as the
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John Tierney Case study 8 11/2/2013 1) As a late mover into the US intercity bus market‚ what advantages and disadvantages does Megabus have? Megabus being a late mover in the US‚ has allowed the company to learn from past mistakes by companies such as Greyhound‚ who filed for bankruptcy in the mid 90’s and who lost most of it’s business due to poorly maintained terminals‚ high prices for fares and unsafe conditions. Megabus’s advantages include fares as lows as 1 dollar‚ free wi-fi
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Kwabena Mensah Northcentral University The two business professionals that revolutionary contributed to the advancement in the business world for the lessons of transforming any business are Michael Dell of Dell Computers and Andy Groves of the Intel Corporation. Michael Dell mainly focused on the Customer whiles Andy Groves‚ on Execution and Strategy. Michael Dell put the customer at the center of his business‚ which so many businesses might also have done‚ but what made him different was
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Now‚ let’s say I approach you on the street and demand money from you would you give it to me? What if I threatened you? Would it be right for me to insist you give me the money from your wallet? What if I only wanted one third of the money in your wallet? What if I promised you protection and other services in return for the money? Would you consider this theft? I imagine you would. Mugging‚ robbery‚ extortion. And you would be right in that assessment. What if I stopped you on the street and
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Corporate and Partnership Tax Lee – Fall 2013 By: Cullen G. Tatum TEST INFO: • The test will be a take home test that will have to be returned by the original assigned test date. • Interested in comparing between different types of entities. • One question will be some individuals who want to form an entity‚ and you should choose one and elaborate. • You should treat the test as if you were responding in memo form to an attny who already knows some info on the subject so you do not need
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meaning In the general sense‚ a direct tax is one paid directly to the government by the persons (juristic or natural) on whom it is imposed (often accompanied by a tax return filed by the taxpayer). Examples include some income taxes‚ some corporate taxes‚ and transfer taxes such as estate (inheritance) tax and gift tax. In this sense‚ a direct tax is contrasted with an indirect tax or "collected" tax (such as sales tax or value added tax (VAT)); a "collected" tax is one which is collected by intermediaries
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taken by the beneficiaries. In the tax of tax fraud the bond referred to here are actually non-existent and are never enforceable in the tax authorities decide to exercise the right to take the bond such as failure to pay an installment on a tax deficiency or tax return. Another criminal offense is the declaration that there are already permits that the taxpayer has procured from the local government and the cost of such permits is deducted in the income tax return as an
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20: Income Inequality and Poverty 1) Income Inequality and Poverty A person’s earnings depend on the supply and demand for that person’s labor‚ which in turn depend on natural ability‚ human capital‚ compensating differentials‚ discrimination‚ and so on. 2) THE MEASUREMENT OF INEQUALITY How much inequality is there in our society? How many people live in poverty? What problems arise in measuring the amount of inequality? How often do people move among income classes? 3) Table 1 The Distribution
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Issues: » Impact of VAT on sales » Need to reform traditional tax regime » Hurdles in implementing new reforms Discuss how implementing VAT will impact various sectors in India. Implementation of VAT drugs Due to implementation of VAT there is a decrease in the price of the drug so the chemist who wanted to avoid incurring losses by having to sell the drugs at cheaper rates in case the purchased be before april 2005‚ were not sol by that date. Resorted to purchasing very low qty of drugs
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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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