Agenda‚ Volume 5‚ Number 1‚ 1998‚ pages 49-60 Abolishing Income Tax Deductions for Work-Related Expenses Jonathan Baldry NDER the Australian personal income tax‚ wage and salary earners are allowed to claim tax deductions for work-related expenses (WREs). In income year 1993/94‚ 67 per cent of wage and salary earners (59 per cent of all personal income taxpayers) claimed deductions for WREs amounting to $4.86 billion‚ or 2.6 per cent of total declared wages and salaries. The most important
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Universal Healthcare: The Pros and Cons On March 23‚ 2010 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed by President Obama‚ raising the question for many of whether this new law was going to be more helpful or hurtful. With universal healthcare‚ healthcare coverage would be increased tremendously‚ costs would be reduced‚ jobs would be created‚ and consumers would be protected. Conversely‚ it will also raise taxes and wait times‚ lead to a smaller number of doctors‚ and infringe on
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Financial Guides: Should Company Refinance Commercial Mortgage? There are many legitimate reasons for refinancing a commercial mortgage‚ such as avoiding high interest rates or avoiding balloon payments. Either way‚ it is important to know the pros and cons of commercial mortgage refinancing. Commercial Mortgage Basics When lenders evaluate customers for commercial mortgages or refinancing‚ they first review the credit histories of the company and the business owner. Then‚ they carefully analyze
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Depression (Carnes & Garraty). Some saw the New Deal as an invasion of their private rights and thought there was too much government control while others thought it did not address the real cause of poverty (Carnes & Garraty).The New Deal had its pros and cons however; the New Deal helped the wealthy as well as the minorities‚ the farmers and the elderly. It helped those who needed help during a difficult time. The First New Deal took place between the years of 1933-1934‚ and it brought relief and helped
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common ownership of property. Communism is a system of government where all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state‚ founded by Karl Marx‚ with the main goal of having equality. Communism has its pros and cons‚ but i would say that the cons outweigh the pros in this situation. Some of the concepts of communism can be good and bad all at once. Even though these are things that a communist society supposedly follows‚ some countries tend not to abide by them to the fullest. For
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This intervention/study was very effective in being precise in both its goals and findings. The intervention’s conclusions were informative and offered both tested proof and an exact method to remedy issues with the concern of the lack of education and action in regards to breast health in the intervention’s target population. An important aspect of health behavior that the intervention revealed was the finding that when two different groups are educated on a precise medical issue‚ it is significantly
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Pros and Cons of Patriot Act The House of Representatives passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 on October 24‚ 2001. This is also known as the USA Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was designed to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world and to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (USA Patriot Act‚ 2001). The events of September 11‚ 2001 led to the near unanimous
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which changed the course of this deadly disease (The Pros & Cons of Vaccinating Children‚ 2014). Ever since that time researchers have developed other vaccines (The Pros & Cons of Vaccinating Children‚ 2014). Vaccines have both pros and cons when it comes to the health of children (The Pros & Cons of Vaccinating Children‚ 2014). Some parents till this day are struggling with making the decision if their children should be vaccinated (The Pros & Cons of Vaccinating Children‚ 2014). Every parent needs
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This article is intended as a companion piece to our other article on drug and alcohol testing programmes. It aims to give a brief introduction to some of the common positives and negatives‚ pros and cons that can be encountered when organisations decide to implement testing programmes in their workplaces. Pros of Drug and Alcohol Testing. Increased Safety: Drug testing in the workplace can make the workplace a safer place to be for employees and customers alike. In safety critical industries this
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diseases or the creation of designer babies. The dilemma that humanity faces is do the pros outweigh the cons? Is the possible prize worth the risk? There are many opinions regarding this issue both agreeing with genetic engineering and others disagreeing. Humanity at this point in time should never even consider using gene editing on human embryos because the not only do the pros not outweigh the cons but the pros have chilling implications themselves.
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