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
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2. Why is there little tax evasion in Singapore or any other country of your choice? Is it because Singaporeans fear state punishment or because they are satisfied with the performance of the state? Or is there any other explanation? Which explanation(s) do you find most persuasive? Why? Tax evasion‚ the illegal negligence in taxpaying and misrepresentation of tax returns to reduce one’s tax liabilities‚ is at a low level in Singapore. With Singapore’s strong tax enforcement‚ Singaporeans fear
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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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1. Examine how bartering is conducted online at tradeaway.com ‚ barterquest.com ‚ and u-exchange.com compare and contrast the functionalities and ease of use of these sites. Tradeaway.com TradeAway wants to offer you a fun and exciting way to buy‚ sell‚ or trade your personal property‚ cars‚ boats‚ horses‚ real estate‚ toys‚ and more. TradeAway is made up of creative people like you who are waiting for creative offers. TradeAway is a People-to-People e-commerce site. TradeAway will give People
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Ordinary income Tennant v Smith‚ (money or convertible into money) An employee was given accommodation rent free by his employer. Was this ordinary income? • The employee could not sublet the accommodation to anyone else‚ therefore could not turn this accommodation into cash. • The Court said it was not ordinary income under s. 25(1) (now s.6-5) since the accommodation was not convertible into money. • Not ordinary income under s.6-5. FCT v Cooke & Sherden. (money or convertible into money) Soft
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STIPULATED BY THE INCOME TAX ACT ------------------------------------------------- Tax Exemptions are a deduction allowed by the law to reduce the amount of income that is subject to tax‚ these exemptions come in many forms but what they have in common is they reduce or entirely eliminate tax obligations. These exemptions can be categorized into two‚ exemptions based on the identity of the receipt and exemptions based on the nature of income .The amounts which enjoy exemption from income tax by reason
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“Family Income” Wage- Is the money amount receive daily for rendering service. Received by unskilled semiskilled‚ and skilled workers or blue-collar workers. A salary is the amount of money received monthly by professionals or white-collar workers. IN ADDITION TO WAGES OR SALARIES‚ SOME FAMILIES HAVE OTHER SOURCE OF INCOME THIS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. Dividends from investments in bonds & stock. 2. Gifts from relatives & friends. 3. Inheritance. 4. Rentals from apartments
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government losing money from tax avoidance. The BBC reported that some multinational companies use tax avoidance strategy to decrease the tax. It seems like these companies are lack of corporate social responsibility. However‚ tax avoidance does not equal to tax evasion. Some individuals assert that the government should publish a new policy to stop tax avoidance. While many others argue that it is blameless economic activity in the economic market to reduce the tax. Personally‚ I am in favor of
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Section 1: “Cigarette tax hike sparks panic buying” By Ashley Hall Updated Thu Apr 29‚ 2010 What is the main issue presented in the media report? Discuss what has actually happened: In the year of 2010‚ the Federal Government raised taxes on cigarettes by an extra 25 per cent‚ resulting in an increase price of $2.16 to every pack of 30 cigarettes. A proclamation stated by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the crackdown on Internet advertising of cigarettes was mentioned. Mr. Rudd also affirmed
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Measurement of National Income • Like the accounts of a business national income accounts have two sides: a product side and an income side. • On the product side production and sales are measured. • The income side measures the distribution of the proceeds from sales. • On the product side there are two widely reported measures of overall production: • Gross domestic product (GDP) and gross national product (GNP) • GDP and GNP differ in their treatment of international transactions. • GNP
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