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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Income Tax Act 1961 Assessment Year: The period of twelve months starting from April 1 of every year and ending on March 31 of the next year. Previous Year: Income earned in a year (Previous year) is taxable in the next year (Assessment Year). Income earned during the previous year (PY) 2011-12 is taxable in the Assessment year (AY) 2012-13. From the AY 1989-90 onwards‚ all assesses are required to follow the financial year April 1 to March 31 as previous year for all sources of income
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BUSINESS MATH A TAX DILEMMA ASSIGNMENT 11.1 CASE STUDY 20.2 – PAGES 736 – 737 Rita just finished completing her educational requirements to become a dental hygienist. She has been offered jobs in two different cities and is trying to determine which one she should accept. Both employers offer similar benefits and working conditions‚ but the jobs are in two different states. Rita will move to the state in which she accepts a position. The first position is in Pennsylvania. Rita would earn $50‚000
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TAX ATION San Beda College of LAW – ALABANG GENERAL PRINCIPLES I. Concepts‚ Nature and Characteristics of Taxation and Taxes. Taxation Defined: As a process‚ it is a means by which the sovereign‚ through its law-making body‚ raises revenue to defray the necessary expenses of the government. It is merely a way of apportioning the costs of government among those who in some measures are privileged to enjoy its benefits and must bear its burdens. As a power‚ taxation refers to the inherent power of
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the amount of income and expenses reported for GAAP and income tax purposes. The objective for GAAP reporting is to report the economic activities of the entity. The objective for income tax purposes is for the government to raise revenue. There are two terms that identify the types of income subject to tax under each reporting system. Firstly‚ pretax financial income is determined using GAAP. It is the amount of income on which income tax is computed for financial statement purposed. It is formally
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BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INCOME-TAX LAW By: Justice R.K. Abichandani 1. Constitutional Provisions : The Constitution of India vests the Parliament with plenary legislative powers to impose taxes on matters specifically enumerated in the Union List and all the power of making any law imposing a tax not mentioned in Concurrent or State Lists‚ as provided by Article 248(2). “Tax on income” is defined in an inclusive manner by Article 366(29) under which the expression
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Glossary‚ “taxable income” is defined as “the excess of taxable revenues over tax deductible expenses and exemptions for the year as defined by the governmental taxing authority”. Therefore‚ the principles and the scope of ASC 740 are only applicable to “taxes based on income.” However‚ ASC 740 provides no further guidance on this matter and there is no authoritative literature under U.S. GAAP to clearly define the term “tax based on income”. Although there is no legal definition to differentiate
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and Democrats unanimously agree that our current tax system is corrupt. The countless years of adding and removing policies have made our tax codes more confusing than they need to be. That is why the United States should introduce an easier and more “down to earth” form of taxation‚ a flat tax. The flat tax is a policy where everyone pays the same percentage of their income annually. Although some people prefer the current tax structure‚ a flat tax system would eliminate other taxes‚ allow more people
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Objectives of Lecture : At the end of this lecture‚ you should be able to: understand the ordinary concepts of income; | | THE ORDINARY CONCEPTS OF INCOME What is Income? The assessable income of an entity for a year of income includes the ordinary income of an entity and the statutory income of the entity for that year (Section 6-1 ITAA (1997)). Ordinary income is income according to ordinary concepts. The courts have had to determine what is income according to
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Abstract In Tschetschot v. Commissioner‚ 93 TCM 914 (2007)‚ the tax court ruled that taxpayer’s losses from participating in tournament poker were limited to the amount of her winnings. The court held that tournament poker is‚ despite its differences from other types of poker‚ essentially a wagering activity and therefore should not be treated differently from other forms of gambling for tax purposes. The court also rejected the taxpayer’s equal protection argument to treat tournament poker as sports
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