QUESTION 1 Discuss the features of a good tax system and review the Malaysian income tax system in relation to those relevant features. Explain how you would bring about a better tax system‚ particular with reference to personal taxation‚ if you were given such an opportunity. Taxation means the government impose charges on the citizen and corporate entities in order to finance their expenditure. Taxation is use to encourage or discourage certain economic decision such as reduction in taxable personal
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Alternative minimum tax (AMT) was created in 1969 by the Tax Reform Act to make certain that high-income individuals‚ corporations‚ trusts‚ and estates pay at least some small amount of tax‚ in spite of any deductions‚ credits‚ or exemptions. It’s basically an alternative method used by the IRS for calculating your taxes‚ an extra tax that was an addition to regular income tax. To calculate your AMT you start with your AGI (adjusted gross income)‚ then you give back the “tax preference items” and
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Unit 3 Assignment 1: Homework Short Answer 5‚ 6 p. 71 5. What two things must you normally specify in a variable declaration? You must specify the variable type and identifier. 6. What value is stored in uninitialized variables? Some languages assign a default value as 0 to uninitialized variables. In many languages‚ however‚ uninitialized variables hold unpredictable values. Algorithm Workbench Review Questions 3-10 p.71 3. Write assignment statements that perform the following operations
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ALLOWABLE DEDUCTIONS - A SEC. 34. Deductions from Gross Income. - Except for taxpayers earning compensation income arising from personal services rendered under an employer-employee relationship where no deductions shall be allowed under this Section other than under subsection (M) hereof‚ in computing taxable income subject to income tax under Sections 24 (A); 25 (A); 26; 27 (A)‚ (B) and (C); and 28 (A) (1)‚ there shall be allowed the following deductions from gross income; (A) Expenses. - (1)
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Tax Study Guide Chapter 19: Distributions that are not in complete liquidation Earnings & Profit is the ability of a corporation to pay a dividend. Similar to the accounting concept of retained earnings. Both are measures of the firm’s accumulated capital (E&P includes both the accumulated E&P of the corporation since February 28‚ 1913‚ and the current year’s E&P). *Both cash and accrual basis corporations use the same approach when determining E&P. How to calculate E&P: Taxable Income +
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time the executive would receive the deferred pay plus 6% interest. a. The interest is original issue discount and must be included in gross income before retirement. b. The employee cannot defer the income (both the bonus and the interest) for tax purposes because it is constructively received each year. c. The employee must recognize the bonus each year‚ but can defer the interest. d. The bonus and the related interest can be deferred from inclusion in gross income until they are received
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Ethiopia’s Trade Relation with the EAC and Sudan Ethiopian Economic Association Lead Researcher Kibre Moges Sponsored by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung May 2008 Addis Ababa Table of Contents Page List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Executive Summary iv v v vi 1. Introduction 1 2. Challenges and Opportunities of South-South Trade 2.1 Configuration of the current international trade integration 2.2 Policy initiated South-South trade integration 2.3 Opportunities and Challenges of trade Integration
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A city’s excise tax on hotel occupancy Medicare component of FICA and FUTA Federal gas guzzler tax Value added taxes None of the above 2. (TCO 1) Federal excise taxes that are no longer imposed include: (Points : 2) tax on the sale of jewelry and furs. tax on wagering. tax on telephone usage. tax on air travel. None of the above 3. (TCO 1) Which statement is FALSE with respect to tax treaties? (Points :
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Individual Tax Research and Planning Midterm Chapter 1 20. Discuss what is meant by the term “double taxation” of corporations. Develop an example of double taxation using a corporation and shareholder. The term “double taxation” refers to the taxing of the same income twice. This type of taxation typically results from a C corporation paying tax on its taxable income and shareholders paying income tax on any dividends received from the C Corporation. The impact of double taxation
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THE IMPACTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (GST) ON MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS IN MALAYSIA MOHD RIZAL PALIL1 MOHD ADHA IBRAHIM 2 Abstract The introduction of GST in Malaysia has called many arguments from various parties including academics‚ professionals and the nation (would become the taxpayers) on how GST affect goods pricesincrease or decrease. The consumers are worrying of the significant price increases on basic needs when the GST has fully implemented. With the relatively high living costs particularly
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