consider when living or working abroad. You will probably need to pay taxes to both the US and to the country where you live or work. Luckily‚ the US has taken measures to make sure that you do not have to pay redundant taxes with tax exemptions and credits‚ or even treaties. With proper knowledge and advisement‚ tax expat doesn’t have to mean a headache or worse. If an expat resides in a foreign country for at least 330 days of the tax year‚ they are qualified to claim the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
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2012 Italian Tax Mores By Arthur L. Kelly This is a case about unusual Italian tax approach to boost up the tax revenues; lack of honesty found in Italian financial reporting. An Italian tax culture of getting more tax amount and the US banks struggle to deal with a greedy Italian tax authorities in the game of negotiation and bargain. Absolutes: Bribery is wrong. Legal: Italian tax law was violated Moral philosophies: Teleological: The outcome of the actions of Italian tax structure and practices
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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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Tax structure of Pakistan TAX: To tax (from the Latin taxo; "I estimate") is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Some commentators have argued that "a direct tax is one that cannot be shifted by the taxpayer to someone else‚ whereas an indirect tax can be”. A income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or businesses (corporations
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TITLE PAGE INCOME TAX Assessment - Report writing NAME: xxxx xxxx STUDENT NUMBER: xxxxxx HND Accounting TUTOR: xxxx xxxx DATE: April 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I would like to thank my tutor‚ xxxx xxxx for the valuable advice and support given to me to enable me to write my report. INTRODUCTION. The purpose of this report is to fully evaluate Katy’s situation by providing detailed information about the different issues regarding employment and self-employment to enable her to determine
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The Price We Pay - Is It Worth It? Junk food has crept into the lives of the American people. There are over 160‚000 fast food restaurants in the United States of America. (Static Brain‚ Source Pew Research Center) With that many sources for junk food and soft drinks‚ Americans make poor choices everyday. In hopes of creating financial stability in our economy‚ men and women are busy pursuing their careers. People are working longer hours than their elders did in the past. Time to fix proper
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Text Amateurs or Exploited Athletes? In the article titled “College players deserve pay for play‚” Rod Gilmore makes his case clear; it’s time for a change in college football. Since college sports originated‚ the athletes have been considered amateurs that receive benefits through scholarships. Recently‚ college football has become a multi billion dollar industry‚ and controversy about whether or not players should get paid has risen from it. Through factually supported claims‚ clever attacks at the
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DQ 1 Why is tax minimization different from efficient tax planning? Effective tax planning involves considering the role of taxes when implementing the decision rule of maximizing after-tax returns. Tax-minimization does not aim to maximize after-tax returns‚ so it may be undesirable. Tax minimization can introduce significant costs along nontax dimensions. Tax minimization may not consider risks and costs‚ so may not catch the some profitable chances. But‚ effective tax planning always consider
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Value added tax (VAT) in theory avoids the cascade effect of sales tax by taxing only the value added at each stage of production. For this reason‚ throughout the world‚ VAT has been gaining favour over traditional sales taxes. In principle‚ VAT applies to all provisions of goods and services. VAT is assessed and collected on the value of goods or services that have been provided every time there is a transaction (sale/purchase). The seller charges VAT to the buyer‚ and the seller pays this VAT to
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SCRAPPING THE MINING TAX- IS IT GOOD OR BAD? Executive summary Introduction The Australian governments mining tax‚ the mineral resource rent tax (MRRT) has always been under the radar for its ever changing policies. It is very easy to pint out its significant issues‚ but reforming the tax is quite a major task at hand. All the corporations involved within the mining industry‚ as well the different corporations in the economy‚ pay a current income tax rate of 30% on its revenue that they earn
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