Department of Business Law and Taxation BTC3150 Taxation Law Semester One 2011 Case Study / Assignment 1. IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY INFORMATION This section must be read in conjunction with the case study / assignment assessment details in the Unit Guide. Detailed below is a summary of selected key points. Assessment This assignment must be completed on an individual basis‚ or alternatively in a group of up to three students. Your (or your group’s) submission will be marked out of
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Definition of Tax Evasion: Tax evasion usually entails taxpayers deliberately misrepresenting or concealing the true state of their affairs to the tax authorities to reduce their tax liability and includes in particular dishonest tax reporting‚ such as declaring less income‚ profits or gains than actually earned or overstating deductions‚. It is an illegal practice where a person‚ organization or corporation intentionally avoids paying his/her/its true tax liability. Examples of practices which
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What does success mean to me? Success has three different stages for me‚ but they’re in no order because either of these can happen randomly‚ but there are two stages everyone deals with is failure‚ and success but not many think about the unexpected success because they don’t really see it happen when they don’t succeed at something or it doesn’t go the way that they would like it to go. Failure is something most people will deal with when they don’t accomplish‚ a goal or a set of actions that happened
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There is a very clear distinction between tax avoidance and tax evasion from academic publications. Tax books have defined tax avoidance as “the lawful minimization of tax liability through sound financial planning techniques‚ while tax evasion is the “unlawful attempt to minimize tax liability through fraudulent techniques to circumvent or frustrate tax laws”. The consequences of either action are also clear. The former is not punishable by law while the latter is. However‚ the lines between evasion
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Movie: The Firm Sydney Pollack’s film The Firm is a drama based on an desire to escape from the law firm (Berndini‚ Lambert‚ and Lock) from which he was hired. The relatively small but wealthy firm wines and dines the ambitious Harvard Law Graduate’s (played by Tom Cruise) with money and gifts in order to make him part of their team. Overwhelmed by the gracious treatment and substantial offer Mitch McDeere takes the offer to be part of the Firm. The firm gets them caught up in a affluent lifestyle
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book – but we will be given the question 2 weeks before Exam (70%) Tuesday 22 June 9:15am – 12:30pm Exam * Tax avoidance/evasion won’t be covered * 3 sections: * 1: Multiple choice * 10 marks * 10 questions * Similar in nature to the pop quizzes * Cover everything – particularly includes Chye Ching and Craig * 1: Tax return * 25/55 marks * Individual (not a partnership) * Similar to Kathryn and Romy (last
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the Africa Partnership Forum‚ 26-27 October 2006‚ Moscow‚ Baunsgaard‚ Thomas and M. Keen (2005)‚ “Tax Revenue and (or?) Trade Liberalization”‚ IMF Working Document 05/112‚ IMF‚ New York‚ www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2005/wp05112.pdf. Bernstein‚ Thomas P. and Xiaobo Lu (2003)‚ Taxation without Representation in Contemporary China‚ Cambridge University Press‚ Cambridge. Bird‚ Richard M. (2007)‚ “Tax Challenges Facing Developing Countries: A Perspective from Outside the Policy Arena”‚ DFID‚ London
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WHAT IS TAX PLANNING ? Tax planning is an essential part of your financial planning. Efficient tax planning enables you to reduce your tax liability to the minimum. This is done by legitimately taking advantage of all tax exemptions‚ deductions rebates and allowances while ensuring that your investments are in line with your long term goals. Tax-planning amounts to making investments or contributions in line with prescribed guidelines that lead to reduction in tax liability. Simply put‚ the tax liability
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Growth This paper investigates the design of tax structures to promote economic growth. It suggests a “tax and growth” ranking of taxes‚ confirming results from earlier literature but providing a more detailed disaggregation of taxes. Corporate taxes are found to be most harmful for growth‚ followed by personal income taxes‚ and then consumption taxes. Recurrent taxes on immovable property appear to have the least impact. A revenue neutral growth-oriented tax reform would‚ therefore‚ be to shift part
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Panchakshari Mcom. FCA‚ Nashik What is Tax Planning? Tax planning is an essential part of your financial planning. Efficient tax planning enables you to reduce your tax liability to the minimum. This is done by legitimately taking advantage of all tax exemptions‚ deductions rebates and allowances while ensuring that your investments are in line with your long-term goals. However in a broader sense tax planning is not to save the tax for current financial year but also make an effective planning
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