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agricultural states to a much greater extent than their Northern industrial counterparts. The Federal government also included a property tax on slave labor. Somehow over almost one hundred years of debate in the United States as to how to classify and count the enslaved population, the Federal government still felt that even though slavery was immoral they had better tax those sinful slaveholders. How dare they reap the benefits of free labor while not shouldering the heavy burden of excess taxes? James

Abstract Increasing the United States federal gasoline tax is currently a debated issue as a means of curtailing dependency on foreign oil and improving the country’s environment. An increases, however, would be regressive and would place another hardship on citizens who already feel as if taxes are too high. Because of the unpopularity of such a tax, nationally elected officials have not seriously floated the plan as means of raising revenue, but it could be used as a means to progressively cut

your board members. As we all know, for many companies, the most important tax decision to make is whether to elect to be treated under the provisions of sub-chapter S of the Internal Revenue Code, or not. This decision mainly depends on your company 's situation, and on analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of choosing to be treated as an S-Corporation. Generally, an S corporation does not pay corporate level tax, as C corporations do. The corporate income, whether distributed or not, is

are very aware that you are paying your “fair share” of your “hard earned money” and aware of all the “free” programs “your” money funded. You the lower 50 percent by terms of population and wealth only account for three percent of the federal income tax annual revenue. You use the “free” programs such as food stamps, and social security, and the like, as though “you” “payed” for them. Not surprisingly, :”you” feel like “you” are taxed too much, what do you do ? You blame somebody else ! (of course

Tax Reform: A Quintessential Recalibration In a world filled with economic turmoil, one might look at a loaf of bread today at the grocery store and wonder if it will cost the same tomorrow. The inflation factor has driven prices of food, energy and many other life essentials to an all-time high. In countries like America where the national debt has soared into the double digit trillions. It becomes a question in the minds of many, “how will we ever pay this money back?” This is a question of great

SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEM OF TAX AVOIDANCE AND EVASION IN NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW Dominic Asada LL.B. (Hons.) B.L, LL.M. Tax Avoidance and Evasion are some of the most perplexing problems facing the nation today. It is widely believed that there is a considerable difference between estimated revenue from taxation every year and what is actually collected. This disturbing aversion to taxation has some historical antecedents. Traditionally, there has always been a hostile response to the payment of tax by the people

the case of Sainsbury’s. This report analyzes the external environment changes of Sainsbury. This report emphases on the macro-environment by the use of PEST analysis which the government in the UK facial policy to reduce the tax rate and therefore increases the spending rate which makes it profitable for Sainsbury. Also looks at the technological changes in the UK

gives an accurate proportion of governments spending and revenue, it is a performance measure to know how well the economy of a country is. The Factors being controlled by this approach is inflation, deflation, economic expansion and trends, currency rates and fluctuation. 1b.1940- 1945 saw the economy of the nation at a very high government spending GDP at 43% and revenue at 20%, meaning the government was spending more money than it was making, this might be due to the great depression that followed

1. If we ignore tax considerations and assume that Sally is free to sell options at any time after her joins Telstar, which compensation package is worth more? If tax consideration is ignored and assume that Ms. Jameson is free to sell options at any time after her joins Telstar. First scenario If Ms. Jameson chooses stock options, she will hold until maturity date. Cash compensation at the end of the 5th year[1] = $5,000(1+6.02%)^5 = $6,697.44 To equal $6,697.44, the stock price

these programs is growing at a greater rate than the Malaysia economy. This means that the income generated from tax deposits cannot keep pace with the spending on these programs. Proposals being discussed to limit spending are placing caps on the amounts that can be spent on any government program. This would force programs to make cuts since they cannot exceed the caps. There have also been talks about restricting the growth of every government program to the rate of inflation. That way wages would