TAX HAVEN Index Definition and characteristics of Tax Haven Page 2 Tax Haven Criteria Page 5 Particularities of some tax havens Page 7 Evolution of the Spanish Tax Law Page 11 1. Definition and characteristics of Tax Haven Probably most people have heart about tax havens‚ but maybe there are confusions about the exact meaning of this concept. So on‚ we consider important to define a tax haven in order to have a clear idea. What identifies an area as a tax haven is the existence
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Tax is of two types Direct Tax and Indirect Tax. Direct Tax is the tax‚ which is paid directly by people to the government‚ while indirect tax is the tax‚ which is paid indirectly by people to the government. Income Tax is paid directly to the government therefore it is a direct tax while excise duty is paid by people to the manufacturer who pays it to the government‚ therefore it is an indirect tax. The Constitution of India (COI) has given power to levy tax to central and state government
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CHAPTER 19 CORPORATIONS 1. – THE NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF CORPORATIONS A corporation is a legal entity created and recognized by state law. It can consist of one or two persons identified under a common name. CORPORATE PERSONNEL When an individual purchases a share of stock in a corporation‚ that person becomes a shareholder and owner of the corporation. Shareholder and corporations are liable. THE LIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDER One of the key advantages of the corporate forms
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Goods and Services Tax- Australia To uphold a country’s political and economical stability‚ governments often implement policies. There are many different types of policies that a government would implement to stabilize their country. However‚ one significant policy that almost every country uses is tax. In particular‚ Australia and Canada use a value added tax known as the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Australia’s GST policy was introduced by the Howard government and went into effect on July
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Finance Department of Revenue (Tax Research Unit) *** V. K. Garg Joint Secretary (Tax Research Unit) Telephone No. 011-23093027 Fax No. 011-23093037 E-mail: garg.vk@nic.in D. O. F. No 334/1/2012-TRU New Delhi‚ dated 16th March‚ 2012. Dear Sir/Madam‚ Subject: Union Budget 2012: Changes in Service Tax-reg. It is said that in matters relating to taxes‚ questions rarely change‚ but the answers do. Budget 2012 has‚ however‚ changed a number of questions relating to service tax. 2. No more will the most often-asked
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IMPACT OF TAX REFORMS SINCE 1991 Tax reform since 1991 was initiated as a part of the structural reform process‚ following the economic crisis of 1991. Direct Tax Reforms: 1. As per the recommendations of the TRC the personal tax brackets were only three‚ of 20‚ 30‚ and 40% starting in 1992–93. Financial assets were excluded from the wealth tax‚ and the maximum marginal rate was reduced to 1%. 2. Further reductions came in 1997–98‚ when the three rates were brought down further to 10‚ 20‚
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Case 5-1 Income Smoothing a. Firstly‚ investors tend to invest in companies with stable earnings rather than one with volatile earnings. With stable earnings‚ there will be more likely an issuance of dividends and investors could easily predict the company’s future earnings compared to one with unstable earnings. With consistent earnings generated‚ it gives investors a secured feeling that it will again generate earnings as predicted. Confidence in the growth of rate of earnings is crucial because
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Conduct Tax Audit – Part 1 Analysis of Certain Clauses Audit under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act By Raman Jokhakar‚ Chartered Accountant Objective To understand the purposes of this Form To learn nuances of the clauses To understand audit risk To effectively carry out attestation To document adequately To disclose standard notes‚ limitations and stands To know inter links between clauses To be aware of important stands taken by Courts To understand the objective of the tax department
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Where Do Income Tax Dollars Go Opening up an envelope on the first of the month to reveal ones monthly pay is a surprise in itself. After arriving down at the bottom of the pay stub it seems that half of the paycheck goes to the government. Where does the money go? Where do income tax dollars go? On that pay stub there are three places ones tax dollars go to and they are social security‚ healthcare‚ and defense spending. The first line that appears on a pay stub is social security tax. Where does
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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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