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Recession levels. Our economy today is showing the unemployment levels down from a peak of ten percent, and has reached the point of full employment once again. According to Jared Bernstein of the New York Times, "Last month the national unemployment rate fell from 5.9 to 5.8 percent" thus showing that we are back to full employment according to what I have been taught in class, though I am finding some dispute over what numbers should be considered full employment. Nevertheless, our economy is showing

Question 1The concept of Business EnvironmentBusiness environment can be understood as the combination of all environmental conditions and influences that are capable of affecting or influencing business activities. According to Anyanwu et al (1996) defines the environment of business as the aggregation of the pattern of all the external and internal conditions and influences that affect the existence, growth and development of the business. Opportunities and threats may be associated with external

If you are owed a tax refund from the government, it can be tempting to fritter away your money on things you may not really need. Extravagant vacations, an expensive trip to the casino, and buying unnecessary things may provide immediate gratification, but are not good ways to spend your hard-earned money. Cheryl Hawkins, an experienced CPA at Cheryl Hawkins Tax and Accounting in Jordan, MN, explains some smart ways to use your tax return: • Invest Your Refund: Invest your tax return to maximize

legislation of our country will have that chance now. The lawyer Ricardo Tosto quotes that the fine will be a little more than 10% of the total value of the asset asset, and the similar tax, on the final value, with the advantage of, for example, before being 3.54 million and now be 2.65 million, which means a reduction of the rate from 30% to

Key Concepts The tax gap is the difference between the tax collected and the tax that would be collected if all individuals and companies complied with both the letter and the spirit of the law. The letter of the law is the literal interpreta- tion of tax legislation. The spirit of the law is the intention of Parliament in legislating on tax. In contrast to the letter of the law, which implies a literal legal interpretation of tax liability, the spirit of the law implies a purposive interpretation

merchandise and from holding dance master classes. Miller was hiding this by having payments be payable to other parties that included her mother, and fake companies. By hiding her income, the dance studio owner was not paying the proper amount in income tax. To add to this charge, in June, Abby Lee Miller transported more the $10,000 into the United States from Australia without filling out the proper paper work for the Federal Government (Erb, 2016). There are a couple of things that surprises me in

brought to a board of review. See Talley v. Brown, 125 N.W. 248 (Iowa 1910). The property taxes on real property are due to the County Treasurer in full prior to March 1st. See Iowa Code § 445.36. However, a taxpayer may choose to pay half of this tax by September

person who tells it like it is, but also one that contradicts most of his proposals. On his website he states many issues that he will fix while in office. Those issues include, immigration, health care, trade reform, veterans administration reform, tax reform, and second amendment rights. ("Positions", 2016) One of Trump 's biggest proposals has been his

meeting because she has some additional tax planning advice to ask of you. Role After reviewing John and Jane Smith’s points of view, it will be your turn as a tax professional to decide on the best course of action from a tax

money generation. (iii) Tax structure: High tax rates and defective tax structure have also been responsible for the existence of black money to a large extent. Take for instance direct taxation. Till recently the tax on income and on wealth was very high to invite evasion. The marginal rate of income tax was as high as 75 per cent. And when it was combined with the tax on wealth, it was still higher. For example, for a person with net wealth ofRs.12 lakh, the combined tax rate came to 95 per cent.