ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX The alternative minimum tax (AMT) is an income tax imposed by the United States federal government on individuals‚ corporations‚ estates and trusts. AMT is imposed at a nearly flat rate on the adjusted amount of taxable income above a certain threshold (also known as exemption). Note that this exemption is substantially higher than the exemption from regular income tax. Regular income tax is adjusted
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personal transportation in modern society is the car. A car represents much more than just a way of transportation. The idea of having a car these days transcends the basic idea of mobility; an automobile represents status and wealth while using alternative ways for transport such as bus‚ train‚ or bicycle are depreciated by society as being worse. Looking at how society chooses to move within its territory can reveal a lot of things about what type of society it is. Giving priority to cars means
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learn‚ but how does the surrounding environment‚ affects a child’s learning ability and influence the learning strategies that employ? Our society these days are divided into two different ways of thinking on the education. Some may believe that alternative methods are better than the traditional methods of teaching but yet these two methods are both a successful ways. Every method in teaching is the same for they deliver the same message to the students. Traditional method of teaching also known
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Alternative Energy for Future Nowadays the most common energy resources come from Fossil Fuel‚ which according to research it shows that more of 85% of all energy that is consumed in the United States. It takes millions of years for the Fossil Fuel to actually develop and ready to be used‚ and the main concern of Fossil Fuel is that it cannot be consumed over and over again or reused. Through this analysis it can be assumed that because it takes millions of years for the fossil fuel to develop‚
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The Alternative Service Break in Alaska is a trip sponsored by North Carolina State University’s Center for Student Leadership‚ Ethics and Public Service (CSLEPS) office. This service break trip sends students to Hoonah‚ Alaska to volunteer in the local community. Activities include helping in Hoonah City Schools classrooms‚ assisting the local Boys and Girls Club‚ and visiting the Hoonah Senior Center. In her free time‚ she will be learning the Tlingit language as well as the local traditions and
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Abstract In South Africa most black women use antenatal care services and deliver in clinics‚ and a considerable number complement this use of formal health services with traditional medicine. This study reported here examined the knowledge‚ beliefs and practical experiences of pregnant women‚ traditional healers and midwives with regard to kgaba (traditional medicine) and explored what constitutes kgaba. Interviews (N=30) and focus group discussions (N=21) were carried out among participants
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Adoption: The Alternative to Abortion The word “positive” is both feared and revered by women around the globe. A simple plus sign on a pregnancy test can be cause for elation or terror. Nearly half of pregnancies among American women are unintended‚ and four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion (Finer and Henshaw 2001). Abortion‚ legalized in 1973 by the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade‚ is defined by the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law as the termination of a pregnancy after‚ accompanied
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that one can adopt to help them wean off smoking altogether although research questions remains to be framed and studied regarding how successful or common this optimistic attitude has resonated with smokers or aspiring quitters. However‚ as an alternative‚ the e-cigarette is said to be safer than ‘real’ cigarettes. The concept was formulated by a Chinese pharmacist‚ Hon Lik‚ in the period following the new millennium‚ allowing the continued inhalation of nicotine sans the cons of tobacco smoke. Although
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Australia Australia is a democratic legislature. The Australian Parliament is bicameral‚ consisting of the Queen of Australia‚ a 76-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives.The Constitution provides for the Commonwealth Government’s legislative powers and gives certain powers and responsibilities to the Commonwealth government. All remaining responsibilities are retained by the six States which were previously separate colonies. Each State has its own constitution‚ so that Australia
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Examining Alternatives to Globalization Every day we are witnessing globalization effects on economy‚ information and technology‚ the system of government etc. So those effects inevitably leads to the globalization of culture which is‚ in my opinion‚ one of the main reason for the anti-globalization movements of resistance‚ that oppose globalization in a bid to safeguard their threatened peculiarities. It makes a problem because many world nations aspire to a globalized world‚ but with some limits
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