DATE: November 28‚ 2010 RE: Tax Memo #1/Gambling Activities Issue #1 Dr. Green is a practicing physician in Chicago who‚ as an avid blackjack and slot machine player‚ travels to Las Vegas bi-weekly to gamble. He would like to know what criteria are used to determine whether his gambling activities constitute a trade or business for federal income tax purposes and whether or not you think his gambling activities qualify for trade or business status. Law The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF LAW ON ENTERPRISE INCOME TAX NO.14/2008/QH12 AND GUIDELINES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DECREE NO.124/2008/ND-CP DATED DECEMBER 11‚ 2008‚ DECREE NO.122/2011/ND-CP DATED DECEMBER 27‚ 2011 OF THE GOVERNMENT DETAILING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF LAW ON ENTERPRISE INCOME TAX Pursuant to the Law on Enterprise Income Tax No. 14/2008/QH12 dated June 03‚ 2008; Pursuant to the Tax Administration Law No. 78/2006/QH11 dated November 29‚ 2006; Pursuant
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the topic of tax fraud. We will begin by introducing the basic concepts of tax fraud. Secondly‚ this paper will also delve into some of the laws that have been passed as punishment for those parties that decide to commit tax fraud. We will also highlight some of the more current examples of tax fraud that have been committed and the details that lead to the perpetrators being caught. Lastly we will discuss the role that criminal investigators have in the realm of tax fraud. Tax fraud can be
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Laws are a very crucial part of the world today. They protect us and our rights. However‚ the making of a law is a very long and arduous process. This process is established in the Constitution of the United States. However most come from a member of Congress. Bills may be presented to either House‚ but must pass‚ like many things in the Constitution‚ there are complications and loopholes. The basic structure has two main steps: the bill must pass through both houses of Congress‚ then through the
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000 for building and $300‚000 from local bank and $200‚000 from Mike for additional cash. They believe the company will take a few years to become profitable. The company will either go public or sell to large retailer after grow. The company has asked us to research what kind of entity to form. A business may choose to operate as either a C corporation‚ an S corporation‚ a limited liability company‚ a limited partnership‚ or a general partnership. “A general partnership‚ the liability of each partner
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As the end of the year 2012 approached‚ the passing of the Sin Tax Bill grew into being the “talk of the town” – or perhaps‚ of the entire country. On the 20th of December of the same year‚ President Noynoy Aquino finally signed Republic Act No. 10351‚ better known as the Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012 which was implemented on January of the year 2013.The sin tax law is expected to raise 30 billion pesos ($750 million) which will be used for the health care services for over 5 million poor families just
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Goods and Services Tax- Australia To uphold a country’s political and economical stability‚ governments often implement policies. There are many different types of policies that a government would implement to stabilize their country. However‚ one significant policy that almost every country uses is tax. In particular‚ Australia and Canada use a value added tax known as the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Australia’s GST policy was introduced by the Howard government and went into effect on July
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Persuasive Speech Tax on Cigarettes I. Opening Statement of Interest- Imagine every year a town the size of Bakersfield disappearing‚ well you don’t have to imagine because it’s happening already. A. Speaker Credibility- According to Centers for disease control and prevention 443‚000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke‚ another 8.6 million people live with a serious illness caused by smoking. Despite the factors of smoking 46.6 million adults in the
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GHANA Introduction & Definition of taxation: To tax (from the Latin taxo; "I estimate") is to impose 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. A tax may be defined as a "pecuniary burden laid upon individuals or property owners to support the government [...] a payment exacted by legislative authority." A tax "is not a voluntary payment or donation‚ but an enforced
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to appr aise the usefulness of the tax system in Nigeria‚ usin g Value Added Tax system as a r efer en ce point. The significance of this stud y i s that it will enable th e government officials‚ r esear cher s an d econ omic analysts to appr aise an y type of tax‚ with th e aid of the par ameters used in this stud y. The stud y used th e ability to gener ate revenue and the ability to in fluence th e consumption pattern s as th e measur ement par ameter s and found that VAT has been effective
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