The Eight Steps of the Accounting Cycle By Lita Epstein 8 of 12 in Series: The Essentials of Accounting Basics As a bookkeeper‚ you complete your work by completing the tasks of the accounting cycle. It’s called a cycle because the accounting workflow is circular: entering transactions‚ manipulating the transactions through the accounting cycle‚ closing the books at the end of the accounting period‚ and then starting the entire cycle again for the next accounting period. The accounting cycle
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causes of inequality and redistribution of income? Inequality of incomes is clearly not good as well if it results from government privileges. With the inequality‚ it can sets up perverse incentives. Inequality also arises from unequal labour market outcomes and from unequal ownership of capital driven by differences in human capital and discrimination. A Gino ratio can used to measure the level of inequality. When the Gino ratio increases‚ it means the income inequality has also increases‚ and the
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way that we measure the extent to which the distribution of income. The Gini index is a measurement of the income distribution of a country’s residents. This number‚ which ranges from 0 to 1‚ is based on residents’ net income. This number helps us to define the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest. A 0 represents an economy with perfect equality while a 1 represents a perfect inequality. Do not mistake the measurement of income distribution with the measurement of wealth. A country that
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Income distribution or redistribution as some call it takes place when money is taken away from someone and given to someone else. Most of the time it is taken away from someone who has earned it and given to someone who has not. Why does this happen and when did it begin? What are the benefits and what are the unintended consequences? I will try to answer these questions and give another option in the next few paragraphs. The beginning of social safety nets began‚ in the United States‚ during the
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DEDUCTIONS - A SEC. 34. Deductions from Gross Income. - Except for taxpayers earning compensation income arising from personal services rendered under an employer-employee relationship where no deductions shall be allowed under this Section other than under subsection (M) hereof‚ in computing taxable income subject to income tax under Sections 24 (A); 25 (A); 26; 27 (A)‚ (B) and (C); and 28 (A) (1)‚ there shall be allowed the following deductions from gross income; (A) Expenses. - (1) Ordinary and Necessary
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National Income (Contd.) Methods used to measure National Income Calculating National Income There are various methods for calculating the national income such as production method‚ income method‚ expenditure method etc. Income Method: Different factors of production are paid for their productive services rendered to an organization. The various incomes that are included in these methods are wages‚ income of self-employed‚ interest‚ profit‚ dividend‚ rents‚ and surplus of public sector
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1 Income Inequality The rich‚ the middle class and the poor. These so-called "titles" are defining Americans today. What is income inequality and why is it a problem? Income inequality is the extent to which income is distributed in a population. In the United States‚ that gap between the poor and the rich has expanded immensely over the past ten years. Income inequality is a constantly debated topic today with different opinions and solutions; economists‚ writers‚ and politicians all have different
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on “relatively few or even a single source to drive the local economy”. Resource extraction industries or service and recreational industries utilizing public lands are the primary source to stimulate the economy for the gateway communities
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Passive Income Streams We work to make ends meet‚ whether you are employed or you work in your own business‚ we all engage in one activity or another‚ actively so as to make some money at the end of the day or the year. This form of active income can be demanding and tedious and we have to work to make money‚ however‚ we can also go into passive income‚ making money in a passive manner‚ in that we do not have to be actively involved everyday but we still make money. It is important to note that
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