Property taxes – local taxes‚ immovable property/land tax‚ motor vehicle tax . (Lukas Szita) A property tax also known as millage tax is a charge on possessions that the holder is obligatory to pay. The tax is imposed by the governing authority of the area in which the property is placed; it can be a national government of country‚ a federated state‚ a county/region‚ or a municipality (In Slovak Republic property tax is the most important income for municipalities). We basically distinguish four
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Should medical science and technology be managed? From a religious point of view‚ science and tech should be managed‚ as the advancement in science and technology has led to the encroachment of religions worldwide. Major religions have held onto the belief that all life is sacred; greatly valuing the sanctity of life‚ however‚ advancement into fields such as genetic engineering (which has led to stem cell research‚ and ultimately cloning) have effectively placed a tangible value to lives‚ and
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The tobacco industry has contributed to the growth of Malaysian economy where the industry ranked 5th out of 92 sectors with the total economic output being RM11.7 billion or 3% of GDP . Moreover‚ tobacco plantation in Malaysia grew from a mere of 8 hectares in 1959 to 12‚148 hectares in 2004; whereby East Malaysia has approximately 1‚200 hectares. Therefore‚ the industry indirectly contributes significantly to the country’s economy where more than 190‚000 employment in 2003; as per study conducted
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Should we help the poor? According to a study shown in a piece of Russian newspaper‚ the poor in China is going to account for more than 19 percent of all the Chinese. Thus‚ a heated discussion has been raised that whether we should help the poor. And in my opinion‚ we should help the poor‚ but we should help them rationally. Individually‚ we are supposed to help the poor out of virtue. And if so‚ we can fulfill our life more meaningfully. Since childhood‚ we have been taught that we should
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for Big Tobacco." Currently and in the past‚ the tobacco industry has fought many moral issues with the Federal Government and the general public. This particular article written by Charles Babington has two problems‚ which are‚ the federal government’s threat to increase taxes and fines on the tobacco industry and the industries practice in their advertising which is targeting underage smokers. The first problem the article states is that the Federal Government is threatening to raise taxes on cigarettes
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Tobacco Jon Olson 3 Black Tobacco Tobacco to me is a horrible thing. There are many ways you can use it as well. Tobacco is in a lot of different things. There are cigarettes‚ chewing tobacco‚ hookah‚ and many others. Tobacco leads to a lot of different types of problems‚ such as diverse cancers‚ lung and mouth problems. What is the point of using this harmful substance then? There are over 1.5 million smokers that are
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take place all around the globe. The practice of terrorism has increased exponentially over the past twenty years and is now becoming a major world problem. Terrorists strive for money and they will do virtually anything to get their hands on it. The most popular way of doing this is by taking citizens captive and demanding the families or government to pay a large sum of money for their safe return home. If the government refuses to pay or the ransom is not paid in the given amount of time‚ the terrorists
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Indirect Tax is a tax placed upon the selling price of a product‚ so it raises the firm’s cost and shifts the supply curve left or vertically upwards depending on the amount of tax. Because of this shift‚ less products will be supplied at every price. The diagram below shows the effect of imposing a tax and how the tax is being paid. There’re two types of indirect taxes‚ they are ‘Specific Taxes’ and ‘Ad Valorem’. Specific Tax is a fixed amount of tax that is imposed on a product. For example
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Awareness‚ Not Taxes A new theory suggests that raising taxes on junk food and soft drinks will lower the obesity rate among the general population. However‚ obesity is not just a result of eating junk food‚ and obese people are not the only ones who eat it. Focusing more attention on the way junk food is marketed‚ increasing health education‚ and seeking to prevent diseases and lifestyles which cause obesity‚ will prove more effective than raising taxes. Those in favor of raising taxes suggest that
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Should Taxes On People Making Over $250‚000 A Year Be Changed? Brandon Hall Strayer University English 215 Research and Writing Professor Julie Davenport November 2‚ 2014 Remittance or paying of taxes is both a civil and social duty for all citizens who earn incomes. However‚ the rate at which tax is charged and the means of paying taxes varies depending on the source of the income‚ the amount of income and more importantly due to the relevant tax legislations. In America‚ the government
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