The Sin Tax Bill (Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago) The Philippines has scandalously low taxes on two commodities that have been proven killers of individuals‚ destroyers of families and threats to national economic security: cigarette and spirits. At present‚ 25 million Filipino youth who are 18 years old are smokers. If they continue to smoke‚ half of them will die. Santiago is the principal author of Senate Bill No. 3249‚ “An Act restructuring the excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco products
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or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms. TAX REFORM AND THE SELF ASSESSMENT 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Malaysia is physically situated in the centre of Southeast Asia‚ with Thailand in the north‚ Singapore in the south‚ Philippines in the east and Indonesia in the west. It covers an area
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True/false #1 Any distribution in excess of E & P is treated as a tax-free recovery of capital by shareholders. ANS: F Distributions in excess of E & P are a tax-free recovery of capital to the extent of stock basis. Distributions in excess of basis trigger recognition of capital gain. #21 A corporation that distributes a property dividend must reduce its E & P by the fair market value of the property less any liability on the property. ANS: F E & P must be reduced by the greater of the adjusted
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Debt‚ Death & Taxes 16th October 2002 Robert Camilleri The Conservative government doctrine is essentially defined as the party of tax relief. But now conservatives have converted themselves into the party of debt retirement. The conservative government has lost interest in tax cutting and instead wants to devote the surplus tax payments and asset sales over the next 3 years to paying down the national debt. The Howard-Costello government‚ seen as militant debt hawks‚ has announced their goal
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Question 1 Ans: Mr. Chan Salaries tax Year of assessment 2010/11 Basic period: year ended 31 March 2010 $ $ Salary ($100‚000*12) 1‚200‚000 Education benefits 150‚000 Reimbursement of tuition fees 100‚000 Reimbursement of utilities 50‚000
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complicated tax system in the United States‚ although everyone is affected by it daily. Whether it is taxes on income‚ housing‚ or sales‚ taxes are extremely prominent in our society and as the people being taxed we have a responsibility to understand the basic tax laws in the United States. Throughout this week in POLS 2302 I have learned about the tax system including how to advise others about tax brackets‚ marginal taxes‚ different types of taxes‚ and government involvement in the American tax system
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Services Tax (GST) can facilitate a significant improvement in the overall tax administration and enable revenue authorities to introduce modern procedures based on voluntary compliance. GST is a consumption tax charged on a wide range of domestic & international products‚ goods and services. GST covers all types of goods & services sold to Malaysian & non-Malaysian residents also known as consumers except for common commodities such as rice‚ flour & sugar. It is a broad-based tax imposed
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will either pay more taxes or get a tax break. According to usatoday.com “The 10% of households with the highest incomes pay more than half of all federal taxes. They pay more than 70% of federal income taxes‚ according to the Congressional Budget Office.” With that being said my paper will be on whether the rich should have their taxes raised while those making under $200‚000 a year $250‚000 joint filing have their taxes stay the same or if everyone should have a tax break and whether or not one is
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The Tax Code is inexorably linked to social policy. Is this a good or bad thing? Government policy should be designed to create greater good for the society and the economy at large. I think the tax laws pertaining to health care have been successful in making health care insurance more accessible‚ and in keeping health care costs confined to an affordable range. However‚ there are times when our representatives in Washington attempt to engineer people’s behavior‚ not to address the greater needs
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Glossary‚ “taxable income” is defined as “the excess of taxable revenues over tax deductible expenses and exemptions for the year as defined by the governmental taxing authority”. Therefore‚ the principles and the scope of ASC 740 are only applicable to “taxes based on income.” However‚ ASC 740 provides no further guidance on this matter and there is no authoritative literature under U.S. GAAP to clearly define the term “tax based on income”. Although there is no legal definition to differentiate
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