Adam Smith’s Four Main Canons of Taxation ↓ A good tax system is one which is designed on the basis of an appropriate set of principles (rules). The tax system should strike a balance between the interest of the taxpayer and that of tax authorities. Adam Smith was the first economist to develop a list of Canons of Taxation. These canons are still regarded as characteristics or features of a good tax system. Adam Smith gave following four important canons of taxation. 1. Canon of Equity The principle
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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. Tax[1] is a form of removal of part of income and / or assets of individuals and businesses to the state to cover public expenditure. This sampling is not necessarily on a non-refundable and non counterpaid directly from the state. Governments also obtain resources by creating money (e.g.‚ printing bills and
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A key reform promoted by the IMF and World Bank was the restructuring of Uganda’s taxation regime. One of the intentions was to lower the dependence on trade taxes‚ which reduced incentives for production‚ and to rely instead on indirect taxes on goods and services. Indirect taxes provided an average of 79.8 percent of total revenue between 1990-1998. Taxes on income and profits have steadily increased from 9.8 percent of total revenue in 1989 to 15.2 percent in 1998. Yet‚ of total taxes‚ about 50
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of taxation in the transformation of the Japanese Economy Introduction Before the Meiji restoration under the feudal Tokugawa Shogunate‚ taxation was mainly a tool for warfare and military power. The system was highly regressive and pressed lightly on the rich and profit-earners. It was calculated to preserve a very unequal distribution on incomes and to stimulate the accumulation of private capital. This tendency somehow continued and was magnified before W.W.II when direct taxation was
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Taxation and the Internet With the rising popularity of online shopping‚ many state governments are growing more and more concerned with the lack of proper law governing taxation. A typical‚ traditional purchase requires payment of state sales tax at the point of sale but with online purchasing this location is nonexistent. Since buyers and sellers are located anywhere in the world is becoming increasingly harder to establish law requiring the payment of sales tax. Regardless‚ many states are
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Canons/Principles of Taxation By Adam Smith: Adam smith‚ the father of modem political economy‚ has laid down four principles or cannons of taxation in his famous book "Wealth of Nations". These principles are still considered to be the starting point of sound public finance. Adam Smith’s celebrated cannons of taxation are: (1) Cannon of equality or ability‚ (2) Cannon of certainty‚ (3) Cannon of convenience‚ and (4) Cannon of economy. (1) Canon of equality or ability: Canon of equality
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System of Taxation A tax system used in the United Kingdom in which income levels are divided into different classifications for determining tax rates. Each income classification represents a different source of income such as business profits‚ capital gains‚ employment income‚ entitlements‚ that is taxed according to the specific provision of the Tax Act to which it applies. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/schedular-system-of-taxation.html A progressive tax is one in which the tax
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Marquise Green United States Department of State v. Ray Part I Every year millions of young adults graduate from their respective high schools‚ pack up their belongings‚ leave their parental guided homes behind‚ and set off for college. The first thing that comes to mind when leaving the parents behind is their first true sense of freedom. The freedom to do what they please with no curfew‚ no guidelines‚ and no pre-disposed consequences for their actions is the freedom they’ve been working
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lose many of their people? Why would the United States enter a war that is overseas again? Why would the United States want to get involved with everything that is happening overseas? What did the United States stand to gain? There are many questions that we can ask why the United States got involved in WWII‚ but the more important question to ask is‚ if the United States did not join the war at all‚ what would the world be today? In the 1930s‚ the United States Government enacted a series of laws designed
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