government losing money from tax avoidance. The BBC reported that some multinational companies use tax avoidance strategy to decrease the tax. It seems like these companies are lack of corporate social responsibility. However‚ tax avoidance does not equal to tax evasion. Some individuals assert that the government should publish a new policy to stop tax avoidance. While many others argue that it is blameless economic activity in the economic market to reduce the tax. Personally‚ I am in favor of
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by the amount of the tax. There are two types of indirect taxes: 1) a specific tax : this is a fixed amount of tax per unit imposed upon a product and 2) an ad valorem tax: this is where the tax is a percentage of the selling price. When an indirect tax is imposed on a product it affects both consumers and producers. Part of the tax is paid by consumers and another part is paid by producers. The tax burden is shared between the two. The burden of a tax is referred to as tax incidence. The allocation
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ImRetiree Preference is towards 3% tax on retail sales. The ratio of tax distribution is most equitable in retail tax. I believe that every individual is responsible for contributing to the nation’s tax revenue despite age‚ but I believe that retirees should have the least contribution as they have already paid their dues to society from all the years they have previously worked. With this in mind‚ the retail tax is the fairest solution due to it being the most equal in distribution. Each group
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marginal tax rate is the rate of tax he/she pays on the last dollar of income earned assuming there is nothing else affecting the individual. In this question‚ Sandra has no dependants or other sources of income so there is nothing else affecting her. An effective marginal tax rate of 40% applies to Sandra. This includes the top tax rate of 30% applicable to taxable income of $56‚000 and the student loan standard rate of 10%. (A) - The 30% rate would be Sandra’s base marginal tax rate without
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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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Anthony Cunningham Microeconomics Mr. G. E. Fitzgerald October 17‚ 2012 Tax Elasticity and Tax Policy No matter what‚ taxes matter. People talk about them‚ complain about them‚ and try to dodge them when they can. Businesses also react to taxes‚ both in how they organize their activities and‚ perhaps‚ in where they carry them out. How people and businesses react in turn affects the level and structure of taxation. The purpose of taxation is to raise revenue to pay for public goods‚ but
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Tax case: Taxes and Growth 3‚ The average growth rate of U.S. economy over time is 3.4% The trend is slightly downward. 7‚ the correlation of political party of the president and GDP growth is -0.277811979‚ which indicates a strong relation. The correlation of Top individual marginal tax rate and GDP growth is 0.218935712‚ which indicates a strong relation as well. 8‚ what I am surprised is that the top individual marginal tax rate does have a strong relation with GDP growth. Before
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Jefferson vs. Hamilton Jefferson or Hamilton: Who was more important in American history? Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were two very important figures in American history but Jefferson was the more influential and profound one of the two rivals. Jefferson was the principal author of the most important document in US history‚ the Declaration of Independence. He doubled the size of the young nation with the purchase of Louisiana during his presidency. During his lifetime‚ Jefferson
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to all as Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was heavily influenced by the Enlightenment and its ideas of reason‚ impacting future decisions that would go on to shape America today. Although Thomas Jefferson did not directly appear in the time during the Enlightenment‚ many ideas influenced him and affected his views. Thomas Jefferson believed in the central idea of reason and he actually thought that through reason‚ an improved society could be built for man. Thomas Jefferson could be described
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1. the first paragraph of the declaration‚ Jefferson states the reason for the writing of this document. What reason does he give? Jefferson says that it is only moral to explain why we are separating from the crown. 2. Where does a government acquire its power‚ according to the declaration? Jefferson says that a goverment gets its power from the people. 3. What are the "unalienable rights" that Jefferson states? Jeffereson states that the rights to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness
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