The Effect of Global Tax Differentials On US MNC’s Business Decisions US MNCs have been expanding operations all over the globe to utilize lower labour costs and other advantages for a long time now. Moving operations abroad is now so common in large US firms that for a corporation to be multinational is now the norm rather than the exception. Examined closely‚ we can see that there are many factors which influence a firm’s decision on whether to go multinational as well as on where to invest
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Tax Preparing CPAs and Issues Related to Client Confidentiality The case talks about John Jones who is a CPA with 20 years of experience in preparing tax returns for clients. In 2013‚ Jones prepared a list of taxpayers that contained some specific information‚ which he could use to get in touch with those taxpayers for providing them with information regarding business and economic conditions‚ and also use these info for tax education and analysis purposes. As a result‚ the main objective of this
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The Progressive Era was a social and political reformed developed to combat corruption and to further establish a more efficient government. Everybody supported the Progressive Era except the wealthy monopoly sector. Theodore Roosevelt‚ William Howard Taft‚ and Woodrow Wilson are just a few of the presidents who joined efforts to change the American old ways with the new. Three contributions for the Progressive reforming out of many were: journalism discovery known as muckraking‚ economic policy
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to this canon‚ every person have to pay tax according to their ‘ability to pay’. It simply doesn’t mean that all person have to pay equal amount of tax. It simple means‚ if a person is rich i.e.‚ his paying ability is high‚ he will pay high tax whereas if a person is poor‚ i.e. his paying ability is low‚ he will pay less tax. 2. Canon of Certainty: This canon states that the tax which an individual has to pay should be certain‚ not arbitrary. The tax payer should now in advance‚ how much he
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Singapore Withholding Tax Withholding Tax is a form of levy placed on payments made to non-resident tax entities including employees‚ business partners and overseas agents. In accordance with IRAS tax rules‚ a person has a legal obligation to withhold a percentage of the payment‚ when he makes payments of a specified nature under the Singapore Income Tax Act‚ to a non-resident‚ and hence the Withholding Tax. What is Singapore Withholding Tax? For tax purposes in Singapore‚ Inland Revenue Authority
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Deferred Tax Assets There are a few accounting differences between tax (IRS) accounting and US GAAP accounting. Some differences cause deferred tax asset which is a future tax benefit. For example‚ say a firm currently is offering a special onetime 2-year warranty when a customer purchases its product. The firm estimates that over a 2-year period it is likely to spend a total of $200‚000 in warranty repairs. The following presents the reported income for this 2-year period using US GAAP rules:
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Tax Relief for Resident Individual Year 2010‚ 2011 & 2012 No. Individual Relief Types Amount (RM) 1 Self and Dependent 9‚000 2 Medical expenses for parents 5‚000 (Limited) 3 Basic supporting equipment 5‚000 (Limited) 4 Disabled Individual 6‚000 5 Education Fees (Individual) 5‚000 (Limited) 6 Medical expenses for serious diseases 5‚000 (Limited) 7 Complete medical examination 500 (Limited) 8 Purchase of books‚ journals‚ magazines and publications 1‚000 (Limited)
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removed from the tax base by law Deductions- subtracted from the tax base rather than fully excluded. Flat tax- one single rate applied to the entire tax base. Progressive tax- rates increase as tax base increases. (Federal income tax) Tax credit- authorized deduction in gross tax liability Real and personal property taxes- Real (real estate) Personal (difficult to enforce because property is easily concealed or moved‚ with the exception of vehicles which must be registered) Excise tax- imposed on
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political scene reflected a growing American belief in the ideas of the Progressive movement. This movement was concerned with fundamental social and economic reforms and gained in popularity under two presidents. Yet Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson espoused two different approaches to progressive reform. And each one was able to prevail upon congress to pass legislation in keeping with his own version of the progressive dream. These two people‚ although they had different principles in mind
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23/09/2013 Corporate tax avoidance by multinational firms In this briefing: The scale of Member States’ (MS) losses through the increasingly aggressive use of tax-avoidance schemes by multinational companies (MNCs) is difficult to estimate‚ but is considered serious. Press reports have highlighted the low tax paid by well-known‚ very successful companies. The tax reduction methods used by MNCs have been well known for decades. They include transfer pricing‚ the use of lower-tax jurisdictions‚ over-charging
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