LESSON 4 1. Summarize the Federal Rules of Evidence in your own words. The Federal Rules of Evidence (F.R.E.) enacted in 1975 and replaced prior centuries of various and sundry judge made caselaw. The F.R.E. is a complex set of statutes or penal codes legislated with the intent of replacing unfair evidentiary submission and/or unnecessary expense and delay among the courts. The basic concept behind the F.R.E. is the need for a consistent and predictable federal rule set that would promote
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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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.. 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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The debate of states’ rights versus federal supremacy is one that affects America today and has since the country was founded. It started with the writing of the Constitution in 1787 and the formation of Federalists and Anti-Federalists‚ who had opposing views on the document. The two major arguments were that a strong central government would eventually become tyrannical‚ and that a strong central government was needed for the nation to move forward. Years of conflict between the two sides occurred
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RETROSPECTIVITY OF TAX STATUTE Submitted By: Priya Misra Id. No.: 490 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY BANAGALORE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The first and most academic debt that I have incurred during the preparation of this project is to Prof. Rajendra Babu‚ I am also grateful to the library staff for helping me in searching for the relevant data. Priya Misra CONTENT Introduction
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JUSTIFICATION OF GST There was a burden of "tax on tax" in the pre-existing Central excise duty of the Government of India and sales tax system of the State Governments. The introduction of Central VAT (CENVAT) has removed the cascading burden of "tax on tax" to a good extent by providing a mechanism of "set off" for tax paid on inputs and services upto the stage of production‚ and has been an improvement over the pre-existing Central excise duty. Similarly‚ the introduction of VAT in the States
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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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Income Tax Is not one Tax but an Aggregation Of Taxes Tax is a fee charge by the Govt. on any product income or activity. Taxes in India are of two types‚ Direct Tax and Indirect Tax. Direct Tax‚ like income tax‚ wealth tax‚ etc. are those whose burden falls directly on the taxpayer. The burden of indirect taxes‚ like service tax‚ VAT‚ etc. can be passed on to a third party. Income Tax is all income other than agricultural income levied and collected by the central government and shared
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money and banking | Federal Reserve System | FIN 402 Module 2 Case | | Derrick Smith | 7/23/2013 | | ABSTRACT Ben Bernanke was a key player in U.S. economic policy well before the Great Recession‚ and during that time seems to have achieved almost mythical status. The prolonged economic crisis has kept him front and center in the news‚ with regular appearances on Capitol Hill and increasingly heated rhetoric from detractors. As Federal Reserve chairman‚ Bernanke maintains
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What is Capital Gains Tax? Computation of Capital Gains Tax Any profits or gains arising from the transfer of a capital asseteffected in the previous year shall be chargeable to income-tax under the head ‘Capital Gains’. And shall be deemed to be the income of the previous year in which the transfer took place. Capital gain is chargeable to tax on accrual basis. Kinds of Capital Gains “Short-term capital gains” gains arising from the transfer/sale of acapital asset held by an assessee for not
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