“Fat Tax” Not a Panacea “Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360‚000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic level. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing.”- Tom Harkin. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health‚ leading to reduce life expectancy and/or increased health problems (Wikipedia). To cut that number
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Carbon tax is an environmental tax levied on the carbon content of fuels. It is a form of carbon pricing. Carbon is present in every hydrocarbon fuel ‚ such as coal‚ petroleum‚ and natural gas. It is then released as carbon dioxide (CO2) when they are burnt. In contrast‚ non-combustion energy sources—wind‚sunlight‚ hydropower‚ and nuclear—do not convert hydrocarbons to CO2. CO2 is a heat-trapping "greenhouse" gas. Scientists have debated and discussed the potential effects on the climate system of
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Ch. 12 Taxable Income and Tax Payable for Corporations I. Calculation of Net Income For Tax Purposes and Taxable Income - Corporations follow the applicable ordering rules of Section 3 in computing NITP Net Income for Tax Purposes Less: Div C deductions Taxable Income Most of the Div. C deductions for corporations are DIFFERENT from the Div. C deductions for individuals. Div C deductions for Corporations: 1. Charitable
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In 2010‚ Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard decided to implement carbon tax in order to gain more support in response to the change in climate (http://isen.northwestern.edu/doc/pdf/URG-ISEN_ALloyd.Jun12_ProjectSummary.pdf) and on the 8th of November 2011‚ the ‘Clean Energy Legislative Package’ is then passed by the Senate which sets out the way that Australia will introduce the carbon tax to reduce carbon pollution (http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_AU/au/services/assurance/accountingtechnical/wha
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Taxation Introduction This report is divided into two main parts. In the first part‚ the badges of trade are considered and how they would be applied to Ali situation. In the second part‚ the principles of VAT‚ i.e. taxable persons‚ registration and deregistration‚ imports and exports‚ categories of supplies‚ different accounting schemes‚ and the administration of VAT‚ are discussed. I. Income tax is charged under the trading income provisions of Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act
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4.1 Understand tax depreciation procedures and the effect of depreciation on the firm’s cash flows. 1) Depreciation deductions‚ like any other business expenses‚ reduce the income that a firm reports on its income statement. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Topic: Depreciation Learning Obj.: LG 1 Learning Outcome: F-02 Question Status: Previous Edition AACSB Tag: Analytic Skills 2) Non-cash charges are expenses that involve an actual outlay of cash during the period but are not deducted on the income
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INCOME TAX NOTES Residential Status and Incidence of Tax According to Section 5 of the Income Tax Act the scope of total Income of an assessee depends on his residential status.On the basis of residential status assessee are classified under the following two categories: 1. Resident 2. Non-resident. As per as resident individuals and Hindu Undivided Families are concerned‚ they can be further divided into two categories: 1. Ordinarily Resident 2. Not ordinarily Resident. Residential
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Tax Law Assignment According to the Act Gross Income is defined as ‚ in relation to any year or period of assessment‚ means‚ in the case of any person‚ the total amount‚ in cash or otherwise‚ received by or accrued to or in favour of such person during such year or period of assessment from a source within or deemed to be within Namibia‚ excluding receipts or accruals of a capital nature‚ but including‚ without in any way limiting the scope of this definition‚ such amounts (whether of a capital
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Asia Technological School of Science and Arts (ASIATECH) are in the education business since 2010. It started opening vocational or two year program in the field of information technology and hospitality management. To date‚ ASIATECH is now offering programs in the tertiary education with eight baccalaureate programs. With the increase of students enrolling in the institution‚ it is also a requirement that they increase the
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Contents TAX LEG: ITAA1936 [eg. S6(1)]‚ ITAA1997 [eg. S6-5]‚ FBTAA 1986‚ GST Act 1999. Topic 2 – Jurisdiction to Tax taxable payable Tax Payable (s4-10 ITAA1997)= (Taxable income * Tax Rate) – Tax Offsets (Tax/Financial Year = I July – 30 June) – Income tax payable on a year-by-year basis s3-5 ITAA97. Taxable income (s 4-15 ITAA) = Assessable Income less Deductions Assessable Income (s6-1) = Ordinary income (s6-5) and Statutory income (s6-10) but not Exempt income (s6-15). Assessable
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