2. Why is there little tax evasion in Singapore or any other country of your choice? Is it because Singaporeans fear state punishment or because they are satisfied with the performance of the state? Or is there any other explanation? Which explanation(s) do you find most persuasive? Why? Tax evasion‚ the illegal negligence in taxpaying and misrepresentation of tax returns to reduce one’s tax liabilities‚ is at a low level in Singapore. With Singapore’s strong tax enforcement‚ Singaporeans fear
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SC 2279: (1977) 4 SCC 98: 1977 SCC (Tax) 536 Decided On: 31.08.1977 Bench: 7 Judge Bench consisting of the following Justices of the Supreme Court of India: Chief Justice M. Hameedullah Beg.‚ Justice N. L. Untwalia‚ Justice P. N. Bhagwati‚ Justice P. S. Kailasam‚ Justice S. Murtaza Fazal Ali‚ Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer and Justice Y. V. Chandrachud. Brief facts of the case: The case dealt with the constitutionality of a certain pattern of sales tax legislation‚ calculated to counter
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Soda Tax: The Beginning of the End The government plans to tax sugary drinks to lower consumption and reduce obesity rates. It is a tax that is justified‚ because a high majority of its consumers are obese and our government believes they should step in and do something about it. There are positive aspects of a soda tax‚ but it would also be a violation of freedom of choice‚ with many other red flags as well. The government simply‚ has too much involvement with our personal lives. Placing a
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the same with no support‚ extra-curricular activities. The tax didn’t change anything for our schools. Our books still old and falling apart. People from Pepsi quit their job because they thought they weren’t getting paid enough. The soda tax should affect their paycheck. This is really an outrage and it is affecting not only the jobs at Pepsi Co. also it is effecting the stores who are not selling as much sodas and juices due to the tax. This affects the peoples’ families as well because the operations
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Tax evasion Definition Tax evasion is an unlawful practice which has the effect of reducing the government revenue needed for the provision of infrastructure‚ public services and public utilities. (Otosanya ‚ 2009). Spicer (1975) also stated that‚ tax evasion “ tax evasion result in a loss of tax revenues‚ impair the chances of realizing the distributional or equity goal of taxation‚ and if they become widespread‚ as they have in recent times‚ then more tax payer‚ may lose faith in the tax administration
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W22Extra: Tax and Gearing: More Questions Multiple Choice 1) Which of the following statements is false? A) In general‚ the gain to investors from the tax deductibility of interest payments is referred to as the interest tax shield. B) The interest tax shield is the additional amount that a firm would have paid in taxes if it did not have leverage. C) Because Corporations pay taxes on their profits after interest payments are deducted‚ interest expenses reduce the amount of corporate tax firms
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some for ms of feed back on the effectiveness/efficien cy of such taxes. This stud y attempts to appr aise the usefulness of the tax system in Nigeria‚ usin g Value Added Tax system as a r efer en ce point. The significance of this stud y i s that it will enable th e government officials‚ r esear cher s an d econ omic analysts to appr aise an y type of tax‚ with th e aid of the par ameters used in this stud y. The stud y used th e ability to gener ate revenue and the ability to in fluence
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Justin Norman ECON 201: Short Paper 12/05/2012 Tax Reform There is effect when you talk about taxing a country as a whole and founding out that it actually helps or sometimes the functionality of the country to reform taxes as they weather away as time goes on. It was the unfair and demanding taxes the British put on the colonies in the 1700‚ as the American colonies were finding their identity and still under British rule‚ in which it lead to a Revolution. Nowadays‚ there is simply
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Australian Tax Law BFA714 – Exempt Income BFA714_10 What is income? 2 Key Legislative Provisions ITAA97 • Economist View – Division 6: • • • • • – Traditional economic view of income is that it is a ‘gain’ • Recognises both realised and unrealised gains as income s 6-5 Ordinary income s 6-10 Statutory income s 6-15 Not assessable income s 6-20 Exempt income s 6-23 Non-assessable non-exempt income – Other Relevant Divisions: • • • • • Tax View • Only
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Regressive Tax Subject: Argument for Implementing Regressive Income Tax The primary income taxation structure in the United States should be a regressive tax structure. A regressive tax rate decreases with an increase in the tax base. This means‚ the lower the amount of income a person earns‚ the greater the share of that income will go towards paying taxes. The income tax should become a regressive tax because every tax bracket would then pay roughly the same dollar amount in taxes to the government
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