sugar battle: are more fat taxes on the way? 1. The beverage industry is under attack from activists‚ government bodies‚ legislators‚ scientists‚ and other. What do these stakeholders associate with soft drinks? List as many descriptors‚ images‚ feeling‚ judgments‚ and people until you have exhausted your list. you may have ideas‚ images‚ attributes‚ associated with some of the associates (Example; obese teens-high healthcare cost). 1) Activists: Supporters will say the fat tax is good for people’s
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.. many firm favourites of Australian eating would be hit by a tax on fatty foods. Photo: Tamara Voninski Couch (fried) potatoes ... obesity is on the rise in Australia. Photo: Karen Neumann The Western world is beginning to embrace measures to fight obesity but Australia is a conspicuous absentee‚ writes Cosima Marriner. HUNGARY has a hamburger tax‚ Denmark has just imposed the world’s first fat tax‚ the US is debating a "soda tax" and now Britain is contemplating its own junk food levy. Around
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Fat Tax It is often said that people who suffer from obesity usually experience an eating disorder‚ or depression. My whole life I have heard that people who are obese mainly it’s due to their genes or the way they eat. In discussion of should there be a fat tax for being overweight in the US‚ one controversial issue has been the discrimination on these people. On the other hand‚ obesity contends an unneeded taxation. Others even maintain raising junk food prices. My own view is to raise junk food
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FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OUTLINE Gross Income Gross Income Defined (§61) – except as otherwise provided‚ gross income means all income from whatever source derived‚ including (but not limited to) the following items: Compensation for services‚ including fees‚ commissions‚ fringe benefits‚ and similar items; Gross income derived from business Gains derived from dealings in property Interest Rents Royalties Dividends Alimony and separate maintenance payments Annuities Income from life
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In the article “Big fat tax is no gut buster” author Susie O’brien attacking the new tax on the fast food industry. By the opening slogan‚ “DON’T tax the big mac” she asserts her position on the tax. Written in bold the slogan immediately catches the eye and as it cleverly rhymes is very memorable. The author continues in cementing her standing on the issue by saying that a junk food tax is not the answer and the rhetorical question that‚ “why should reducing our weight start with our wallets?” Her
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their loop holes. In Denmark the government tried to make a tax on fatty food which they called “fat tax”‚ which was a huge failure. “Fat tax was repealed after a year‚ because people just didn’t care” (Copenhagen post). People in Denmark bought cheaper food that was fattier for you because they are cheap‚ just so they could get around the tax. “The fat tax is one of the most criticized we had in a long time‚” (Mette Gjerskov). The fat tax was very unpopular because people in the country just had to
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this‚ there has been speculation over whether to introduce a fat tax. This tax would specifically target foods high in fats and sugars‚ such as; soft drinks and deep fried takeaways. The logic behind such a tax is that an increase in price would lead to decrease of demand similar to that of the alcohol and cigarette taxes respectively‚ in order to improve our country’s health as a whole. The advantages and disadvantages of the fat tax can potentially help foresee the effect on the Australian economy
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Fat Tax “ “ If a passenger is so large that they take up two seats‚ they should have to pay for that. It’s economics.” Teresa Hamilton stated on the Enstars Article. The same is true if you want extra sauce at Chick-fil-a‚ extra space in a new home‚ or more anything anywhere you have to pay for it! Larger people should have to pay more for plane tickets because they sometimes tend to have a strong odor. Also‚ the person that has to sit next to the awkwardly big human may be uncomfortable‚ larger
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conclusion might be to even extend the sin tax to other things. Libertarians in a number of countries have been campaigning for the legalisation of drugs because they believe that the choice to use drugs is an individual one which the government has no right to interfere in. I personally am not inclined to take a strong stand on this issue‚ but if I were to side with the libertarians (which is my natural inclination)‚ I would nevertheless also support a steep sin tax on
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►Progressive/graduated tax Generally‚ rates increase as income increases ►Federal income taxes ►FORMULA: ►Income (very broadly inclusive) ►LESS: Exclusions (income not subject to taxation) ►EQUALS Gross income ►LESS: Deductions for adjusted gross income ►EQUALS Adjusted gross income ►LESS: Greater of itemized deductions or standard deduction ►LESS: Personal exemptions ►EQUALS Taxable income ►MULTIPLIED BY: Tax rate ►EQUALS Tax owed ►LESS: Tax credits ►LESS: Tax prepayments/withholdings
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