Daniela West Mr. Sandarg English 1102 17 February 2012 Plea Bargaining and Its Effects on Society A boy named Tyler‚ age fifteen‚ was arrested for robbery. He had no alibi and the defendants can tie him to the scene of the crime by a Nike Shock size eleven shoe print. To get a lesser sentence he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Now instead of being sent to a Juvenile Detention Center he has to serve probation for a year and the charge will be expunged when he turns eighteen. A few months later
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Tax in Maldives Over the few years Maldives economy has grown very much. Various opportunities have been open to investors and small scale business‚ in Maldives and the income that the government get also has increase in the past years. The tax has also effects many house holds and business. With the changes of laws and regulations there are many new taxes and royalties that are taken in from the public and the business organization. In this essay I am going to highlight the effects of the
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relevance of Adam’s Smith canons and justify what other attributes I believe a good tax system should have. Formally‚ tax is defined as an involuntary fee enforced by the government in order to finance its activities. However‚ some perceive tax as the price we pay to live in a civilised society and it is a fundamental part of any developed economy. (Oliver Wendell Holmes) From my point of view‚ the purpose of tax is to fund the government‚ incentivise certain behaviour in order to achieve economic
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BY THE INCOME TAX ACT ------------------------------------------------- Tax Exemptions are a deduction allowed by the law to reduce the amount of income that is subject to tax‚ these exemptions come in many forms but what they have in common is they reduce or entirely eliminate tax obligations. These exemptions can be categorized into two‚ exemptions based on the identity of the receipt and exemptions based on the nature of income .The amounts which enjoy exemption from income tax by reason of
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part‚ the principles of VAT‚ i.e. taxable persons‚ registration and deregistration‚ imports and exports‚ categories of supplies‚ different accounting schemes‚ and the administration of VAT‚ are discussed. I. Income tax is charged under the trading income provisions of Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 Part 2 on the profits of any “trade‚ profession or vocation whether carried on in the UK or elsewhere” . Accordingly‚ all self-employed have trading income regardless of their business
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America’s Prisons and Their Effects On Society Every civilization in history has had rules‚ and citizens who break them. To this day governments struggle to figure out the best way to deal with their criminals in ways that help both society and those that commit the crimes. Imprisonment has historically been the popular solution. However‚ there are many instances in which people are sent to prison that would be better served for community service‚ rehab‚ or some other form of punishment. Prison
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Anthony Cunningham Microeconomics Mr. G. E. Fitzgerald October 17‚ 2012 Tax Elasticity and Tax Policy No matter what‚ taxes matter. People talk about them‚ complain about them‚ and try to dodge them when they can. Businesses also react to taxes‚ both in how they organize their activities and‚ perhaps‚ in where they carry them out. How people and businesses react in turn affects the level and structure of taxation. The purpose of taxation is to raise revenue to pay for public goods‚ but
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rules. Nowadays‚ nevertheless‚ the payment of zakat has become issue to the payers. Basically‚ the payers in Malaysia have an obligation to pay zakat as well as income tax. Although the zakat payers may receive deduction of tax payment due to zakat amount‚ there are some thought that their obligation to pay is on income tax while zakat in only a voluntary form to the individual. As a result‚ some of them refuse to pay zakat regardless of their religion rules. In a nutshell‚ the issue would rise
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situations in which these issues were challenged. Two specific instances in particular were the plays M. Butterfly‚ written by David Hwang and Cloud 9‚ written by Carol Churchill. Both of these performances has significant effects on the cultures they were presented in‚ and the lasting effects in both the theater community and the world as a whole are still evident to this day. M. Butterfly and Cloud 9 both boldly challenged the prominent social issues of racial stereotypes‚ gender confusion‚ and sexual identity
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Ashanti there were taxes like “assaseto” it was to raise revenue through direct tax so during the assembly of chiefs summoned at Cape Coast in 19th April 1852‚ the Governor Major Hill passed a Poll Tax Ordinance. The poll tax ordinance imposed tax of one shilling per head on each man‚ woman and child in the colony. The poll tax was to be collected by officers appointed by the Governor with assistance of the chiefs. This tax was intended for the establishment of schools‚ markets etc. It is also for the
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