The Sin Tax Bill (Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago) The Philippines has scandalously low taxes on two commodities that have been proven killers of individuals‚ destroyers of families and threats to national economic security: cigarette and spirits. At present‚ 25 million Filipino youth who are 18 years old are smokers. If they continue to smoke‚ half of them will die. Santiago is the principal author of Senate Bill No. 3249‚ “An Act restructuring the excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco products
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A value added tax (VAT) is a form of consumption tax. From the perspective of the buyer‚ it is a tax on the purchase price. From that of the seller‚ it is a tax only on the value added to a product‚ material‚ or service‚ from an accounting point of view‚ by this stage of its manufacture or distribution. The purpose of VAT is to generate tax revenues to the government similar to the corporate income tax or the personal income tax. Who Are Required To File VAT Returns • Any person or entity who
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assignment the discussion is critically based on the impact of taxpayers’ education provided by Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to the taxpayers’ compliance on tax law and tax revenue collection The taxpayers Service and Education is one of the key functions of Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) conducted in order to educate taxpayers on various tax laws issues together with any changes that are made by the government on tax matters and laws. TRA conducts various tax seminars‚ workshops and competitions
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Susan Smith accepted a new corporate client‚ Winter Park Corporation. One of Susan’s tax managers conducted a review of Winter Park’s prior year tax returns. The review revealed that an NOL for a prior tax year was incorrectly computed‚ resulting in an overstatement of NOL carrybacks and carryovers to prior tax years. Apply the Statements on Standards for Tax Services (SSTSs) to the following situations. The SSTSs are in Appendix E of this text. a. Assume the incorrect NOL calculation does not
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composite income- A case of un-necessary litigation by revenue in case of Tea Companies . Computation provision: Section 33AB is a provision relating to allowing deduction from business income. It falls under Part “D” of Chapter IV of the Income-tax Act‚ 1961. This part consists of various sections from section 28-44DB. As per section 29 the income referred to in section 28 shall be computed in accordance with the provisions ofsections 30 to 43D. Therefore‚ provisions of section 33AB falls within
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1. What is an IHC under section 60F of the Income Tax Act 1967. IHC (Investment Holding Company) is a company: 1) Its main activity is holding of investment 2) Whose income is mainly which is 80% derived from the holding of investment. Eg: the gross income derived from holding of investment dividends‚ interest‚ rental (include exempt income) is ≥ 80% The amount of gross income from a ‘business of holding of investment’ is not computed as gross income from the holding of investment
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Tax Cuts Economics How can tax cuts help revive the economy? Galo Guerrero DeVry University Content Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..page 2 Fiscal Policy…………………………....………………….………………………….page 2 Multiplier Effect……..………………….………………….…………………………page 3 Obstacles Reaching the Goals…………………………………………………….......page 3 Conclusion .……………………………………………………………………….......page 4 References……………………………………………………..………………….......page 5 How can tax cuts help revive the economy?
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1. What is a progressive tax system? How does it differ from a regressive tax system? Answer: A progressive tax system is a system that requires people with higher income to pay more of their income in taxes. And a progressive tax system is different from a regressive tax system because a regressive tax system requires everyone to pay the same price whereas the progressive requires people with more money to pay more. 2. What is gross income? What types of income are included in gross income? Answer:
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Income-tax Act‚ 1961 | No. | Title | Section - 001 | Short title‚ extent and commencement | | Section - 002 Part A | Definitions [Clause (1) to Clause (15)] - "Advance Tax" to "Charitable Purpose" | | Section - 002 Part B | Definitions [Clause (15A) to Clause (30)] - "Chief Commissioner" to "Non-resident" | | Section - 002 Part C | Definitions [Clause (31) to Clause (48)] - "Person" to "Zero Coupon Bond" | | Section - 003 | Previous year defined | | Section - 004
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Alternate Tax * Contributed under income tax * by vakilsearch Taxation on income is a vital source of revenue for our Government. Although Companies have to follow a mind-bogglingly complex procedure‚ the list of exemptions and deductions is long. As a result‚ a lot of Companies used these deductions and exemptions and escaped tax liability. While they enjoyed book profits as per their profit and loss accounts (and sometimes even distributed dividend)‚ tax liability as per the Income Tax Act
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