Ninad J Panchakshari Mcom. FCA‚ Nashik What is Tax Planning? Tax planning is an essential part of your financial planning. Efficient tax planning enables you to reduce your tax liability to the minimum. This is done by legitimately taking advantage of all tax exemptions‚ deductions rebates and allowances while ensuring that your investments are in line with your long-term goals. However in a broader sense tax planning is not to save the tax for current financial year but also make an effective
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What is the economic intuition and what are the concepts underlying deferred tax accounting? What goals/objectives are standard setters trying to achieve by requiring deferred tax accounting‚ compared to say‚ just having companies recognize tax expense as the cash paid (or at least currently owed) to the government? The economic intuition of deferred tax accounting is to account for the differences between the tax expense shown in the financial statements and the current taxes payable to the
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TAX HAVENS DEFINING Tax Havens • Def 1:A tax haven is a country or territory where certain taxes are levied at a low rate or not at all. • Def 2: Tax haven or fiscal paradise are terms used to refer to a jurisdiction which enables its foreign residents or companies to reduce their tax liabilities from their homelands. • Def 3: "What ... identifies an area as a tax haven is the existence of a composite tax structure established deliberately to take advantage of‚ and exploit‚ a worldwide
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This essay is going to summarize the sources of modern income tax statutes‚ summarize the objectives of modern income tax statutes and compare and contrast generally accepted accounting principles. There are three sources of modern income tax statutes which are legislative‚ executive and judicial. In this paper only the legislative and the executive will be discussed. The Internal Revenue Code‚ which consists of statutory provisions relating to Federal taxation‚ only existed as individual revenue
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County Wheel Tax Why should we have to pay a wheel tax? In Loudon County‚ TN the government is proposing a 50 dollar wheel tax. Right now we pay 24 dollars per vehicle or item that must be legally registered; altogether we would be paying 74 dollars (Shaver‚ 2008). The wheel tax is going to be used for our road ways and education. A major issue with the wheel tax is there are people outside the county using the roads and their children use our schools‚ but pay no wheel tax. With the wheel tax we can
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Tax case: Taxes and Growth 3‚ The average growth rate of U.S. economy over time is 3.4% The trend is slightly downward. 7‚ the correlation of political party of the president and GDP growth is -0.277811979‚ which indicates a strong relation. The correlation of Top individual marginal tax rate and GDP growth is 0.218935712‚ which indicates a strong relation as well. 8‚ what I am surprised is that the top individual marginal tax rate does have a strong relation with GDP growth. Before
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Where Do Income Tax Dollars Go Opening up an envelope on the first of the month to reveal ones monthly pay is a surprise in itself. After arriving down at the bottom of the pay stub it seems that half of the paycheck goes to the government. Where does the money go? Where do income tax dollars go? On that pay stub there are three places ones tax dollars go to and they are social security‚ healthcare‚ and defense spending. The first line that appears on a pay stub is social security tax. Where does ones
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inform the taxpayer the effect of the tax action that is in process and how to proceed and protect one’s rights." (http://www.wwwebtax.com/audits/taxpayer_bill_of_rights.htm) Additionally‚ "the IRS must provide the necessary tax information and tax help that one would need to comply with the tax laws ensure personal and financial confidentiality; and treat the taxpayer in a courteous manner. In addition‚ they must provide a clear explanations in any IRS tax notice or mail inquiries‚ and provide
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should be treated in the similar way”. (Kate. 2003‚ p-8). It seems to be a fair version of taxation to the people paying tax on their earnings. On the other hand‚ “Vertical equity requires that people in unequal situations be treated with the necessary degree of inequality. This system requires rich people to pay more than poor people‚ it indicate the progressive approach of tax systems” (Kate .2003‚ p-8) Adam Smith Canons of taxation During the 18th century researchers‚ philosophers‚ and economists
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meaning In the general sense‚ a direct tax is one paid directly to the government by the persons (juristic or natural) on whom it is imposed (often accompanied by a tax return filed by the taxpayer). Examples include some income taxes‚ some corporate taxes‚ and transfer taxes such as estate (inheritance) tax and gift tax. In this sense‚ a direct tax is contrasted with an indirect tax or "collected" tax (such as sales tax or value added tax (VAT)); a "collected" tax is one which is collected by intermediaries
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