Singapore Tax Rates and Income Tax System Introduction Singapore’s is one of the world’s biggest economies. Since the global financial crisis and more recently‚ the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and the downgrading of the US credit ratings‚ many global and local investors has sought Singapore as a new safe haven for investing their wealth in and setting up businesses and regional headquarters. In 2010‚ Singapore’s economy has rebounded close to 15% year on year. Singapore‚ due to its
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Distribution of Income • The fifth macroeconomical goals to ensure that income distribution is equitable. Equitable means fair‚ but fairness is an elusive concept and it means different things to different people. • A more equitable distribution may help to accelerate growth and promote human and economic development in many ways: • The propensity to consume of the poor is higher than that of the rich so redistribution will increase aggregate demand especially for basic goods and services.
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National Income National Income is the sum of all the goods and services produced in a country‚ in a particular period of time. Normally this period consists of one year duration‚ as a year is neither too short nor long a period. Concept of National Income:- 1. Gross National Product (GNP):- GNP at market price is sum total of all the goods and services produced in a country during a year and net income from abroad. Net Factor Income from Abroad GNP at Market Price Gross Domestic
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2012 presidential election must prove that they paid at least $200 in federal income tax in the past year‚ including people aged 18 (who typically are deducted on their parents ’ returns and do not pay income tax). Anyone who received the "earned income credit" is barred from voting unless they return the payment from the government. Proof of payment of the tax can be made by showing a copy of the prior year ’s W2‚ a copy of the prior year ’s tax return‚ or a signed statement from the IRS stating that
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lecture‚ you should be able to: understand the ordinary concepts of income; | | THE ORDINARY CONCEPTS OF INCOME What is Income? The assessable income of an entity for a year of income includes the ordinary income of an entity and the statutory income of the entity for that year (Section 6-1 ITAA (1997)). Ordinary income is income according to ordinary concepts. The courts have had to determine what is income according to ordinary concepts as there is no definition in the
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Income Elasticity of Demand Income elasticity of demand may be defined as the ratio or proportionate change in the quantity demanded of a commodity to a given proportionate change in the income. In short‚ it indicates the extent to which demand changes with a variation in consumer’s income. Practical application of income elasticity of demand 1. Helps in determining the rate of growth of the firm. If the growth rate of the economy and income growth of the people is reasonably forecasted‚ in that
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INCOME CONCEPTS The Purpose of Income Reporting Income is used… 1 As the basis of one of the principal forms of taxation. 2 In public reports as a measure of the success of a corporation’s operations. 3 As a criterion for the determination of the availability of dividends. 4 By rate-regulating authorities for investigating whether those rates are fair and reasonable. 5 As a guide to trustees charged with distributing income to a life tenant while preserving the principal for a remainder man
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distribution of income is to achieve economic equality‚ which is to give every citizen the opportunity of earning a decent living. However‚ our current system’s inability to better allocate the resources we have at our disposal has widened the gap between the wealthy and the poor especially during the past 20 years. The primary benefit of the distribution of income is to transfer wealth‚ with the help of the government‚ to those who are less fortunate. The current distribution of income is a cost to
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Michael Ferrai Economics 001 Income Distribution November 13‚ 2012 Over the last 30 years the participation of women in the work force has increased dramatically‚ unfortunately the pay gap between men and women has not decreased much at all. On top of that the pay gap between the classes of working America is increasing. While there have been some improvements there is still a lot of room for improvement. As of 2011 women’s median hourly wages were about 84 percent of males median hourly
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“Family Income” Wage- Is the money amount receive daily for rendering service. Received by unskilled semiskilled‚ and skilled workers or blue-collar workers. A salary is the amount of money received monthly by professionals or white-collar workers. IN ADDITION TO WAGES OR SALARIES‚ SOME FAMILIES HAVE OTHER SOURCE OF INCOME THIS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. Dividends from investments in bonds & stock. 2. Gifts from relatives & friends. 3. Inheritance. 4. Rentals from apartments
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