benefits‚ and other miscellaneous costs. This report proposes that these costs and problems need to be addressed‚ and one avenue through which they can be is a junk food tax. This report proposes that there be a federal tax placed on junk food purchases‚ similar to the taxes placed on gasoline and tobacco products. This tax would dissuade people from purchasing unhealthy food items. At the same time it would help the nation offset some of the financial costs that obesity has generated. The proposition
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Which is best for the economy: employment stability or employment flexibility? A recent article in the ILO’s International Labour Review analyzes the relationship between employment stability and productivity in six major sectors in 13 European countries. According to the authors‚ both‚ extensive and short job tenure can produce adverse affects on productivity. They propose a policy of ’protected mobility’ on the labour market‚ together with active labour market policies seeking to combine both
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INTRODUCTION Service tax is a tax on Services. Service tax is not a tax on profession / trade but it is a tax on the service provided in exercise of the profession / trade. It is leviable only if there is provision of service. SALE V/S SERVICE Service is different from sale. The fact that some goods have been used in the course of providing service’ doesn’t make that transaction a sale. The nature of the transaction depends on the intention of the parties. If the parties intended to enter into
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the right country‚ the United States‚ at the right time (1930)”. None of us has a say in where he is born‚ but we can do something about it for our children. I therefore wish to discuss each factor associated with quality of life as related to Nigeria and plead for suggestions from all of us on how to improve on them so as to make this country a good place for us to live: * Material wellbeing as measured by GDP per head: The gross domestic product (GDP) or gross domestic income (GDI) is
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Indirect tax Section 1 This section is about applying your knowledge of VAT and using reference material to make recommendations or decisions. Task 1.1 (a) You have the following information about the taxable supplies of 4 businesses. For each of them‚ indicate whether they need to register for VAT immediately‚ or monitor turnover and register later. Tick ONE box on EACH line. Register now Monitor and register later A A new business with an expected turnover of £6000 per
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF LAW ON ENTERPRISE INCOME TAX NO.14/2008/QH12 AND GUIDELINES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DECREE NO.124/2008/ND-CP DATED DECEMBER 11‚ 2008‚ DECREE NO.122/2011/ND-CP DATED DECEMBER 27‚ 2011 OF THE GOVERNMENT DETAILING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF LAW ON ENTERPRISE INCOME TAX Pursuant to the Law on Enterprise Income Tax No. 14/2008/QH12 dated June 03‚ 2008; Pursuant to the Tax Administration Law No. 78/2006/QH11 dated November 29‚ 2006; Pursuant
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| Currency devaluation and its effects on the economy | Focus on the Argentine economy | Agustina DalFabbro‚ Michele Mottola‚ Giuseppe Merlino‚ Saskia Diehl 26.05.2012 | Inhalt 1. Introduction 2 2. Convertibility and its problems in the 1999/2001 period 2 1.1 Previous Devaluation Process in Argentina 2 2. First moments of devaluation 3 2.1 Fixed exchange rate vs. floating exchange rate regimes 3 2.2 Two types of exchange rates and free floating currency 5 2.2 Free
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PERSONAL COPY/ NOT FOR SALE OR CIRCULATION (Session 2012-13) INTRODUCTION HISTORY OF INCOME-TAX: 1. India’ trust with income tax dates back to 1859 when James Wilson‚ Finance member in the Council of India‚ came to the country to establish the tax structure‚ a new paper currency and to remodel the finance system. 2. A bill imposing tax on profits from property‚ professions‚ trades and offices was passed by the Legislative Council of India. It received the assent of the Governor General on July
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Igbinedion University Okada Eighth Convocation Lecture By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi‚ CON Governor Central Bank of Nigeria GROWTH PROSPECTS FOR THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY Convocation Lecture delivered at the Igbinedion University Eighth Convocation Ceremony‚ Okada‚ Edo State‚ November 26‚ 2010 GROWTH PROSPECTS FOR THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY Sanusi Lamido Sanusi‚ CON Governor Central Bank of Nigeria 1.0 INTRODUCTION Nigeria’s economic aspirations have remained that of altering the structure of production
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Transatlantic Slave Trade and the effects on the american economy Transatlantic Slave Trade The Transatlantic slave trade is a “wrenching aspect of the history of Africa and America” (Colin Palmer). The transatlantic slave trade transported African people to the “New World”. It lasted from the 16th to the 19th century. Slavery has had a big impact on African culture. The Africans were forced to migrate away from everything they knew‚ culture‚ heritage and lifestyles (Captive Passage). Coupled
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