A carbon tax is a tax imposed on the carbon content of fuels. It is a form of carbon pricing. Carbon taxes are a possible cost-effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. From an economic outlook‚ carbon taxes are a type of Pigovian tax.They help to address the problem of emitters of greenhouse gases not face the full social costs of their actions. Carbon taxes can be a degenerating tax‚ in that it may directly or indirectly affect low-income groups disproportionately. The regressive impact
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UNIVERSITY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION BTEC HND IN BUSINESS (MANAGEMENT) ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET NAME OF STUDENT REGISTRATION NO. UNIT TITLE ASSIGNMENT TITLE ASSIGNMENT NO NAME OF ASSESSOR SUBMISSION DEADLINE Unit12: Taxation Tax Environment and Personal Tax Liability 1 of 2 Maria McKenna 4 June 2013 I‚ __________________________ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source. I have referenced the sources from which information is obtained by me
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“Fat Tax” Imposing a fat tax on saturated fat‚ junk foods‚ sodas‚ etc. would be best because of many health and money related issues that it could possibly solve. A fat tax could help control many health problems the United States is facing today by giving some incentive to buy healthier foods. Taxing these certain foods may help control the way people eat and in turn change lifestyles to much healthier ones than there are now. The healthier lifestyles would help lower the amount of money spent
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Tax Software Evaluation: IRS FreeFile Alicia Paulino University Of Maryland University College Letty Diai The reason why prospective user would use IRS FreeFile is because it’s a service available through the Internal Revenue Services (IRS)‚ which allows U.S taxpayers to prepare and e-file their federal tax return for free‚ either thorugh brand name software or online fillable forms. Free File is managed and operated by the Free File Alliance‚ a consortium of
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Indirect Tax Indirect taxes include value added tax‚ a range of excise duties on oil‚ tobacco and alcohol and fuel duty. VAT is levied on the sale of goods by registered businesses. Businesses add VAT to the price they charge when they provide goods and services to business customers - and non-business customers. There are different VAT rates‚ depending on the goods or services that are being provided. At the moment there are three rates: standard rate – 20%‚ reduced rate - 5 %‚ zero rate -
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288A) 3‚25‚000/- Deduction under Chapter VIA (W.N.3) Computation of Tax Payable by Mrs Rani for the Assessment Year 2013-14 PARTICULAR Tax at Normal Rate (W.N. 4) Tax at Special Rate (W.N. 4) AMOUNT 11500/3000/- Total tax 14‚500/- Add: Education Cess 2% Add: SHEC 1% 290/145/- Tax including Cess Relief 14‚935/0/- Tax Payable TDS/TCS/ Advance Tax 14‚935/3‚000/Self Assessment Tax u/s 140A 11‚935/- TAXABLE INCOME(Round off U/s 288A) 11‚940/- W.N
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relevance of Adam’s Smith canons and justify what other attributes I believe a good tax system should have. Formally‚ tax is defined as an involuntary fee enforced by the government in order to finance its activities. However‚ some perceive tax as the price we pay to live in a civilised society and it is a fundamental part of any developed economy. (Oliver Wendell Holmes) From my point of view‚ the purpose of tax is to fund the government‚ incentivise certain behaviour in order to achieve economic
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Data warehousing is the process of collecting data in raw form for analyzing trends. The benefits to data warehousing are improved end-user access‚ increased data consistency‚ various kinds of reports can be made from the data collected‚ gather the data in a common place from separate sources and additional documentation of data. Potential lower computing costs‚ increased productivity‚ end-users can query the database without using overhead of the operational systems and creates an infrastructure
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Smokers and the tax The fallacy in the proposed higher tax on cigarettes is the belief that the number of smokers will be reduced if the price of the smoke goes up beyond their reach. This may well be true if there were no cheaper and better-tasting substitutes which are taxed. However‚ there are a lot of reasons for smokers should pay a health tax. First‚ smoking is unhealthy. Therefore‚ people should care about themselves and think about other people around them. Smoking cause a lot of diseases
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“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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