UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TAX SYSTEM IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY - A CASE STUDY OF GHANA A PROJECT WORK PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR AWARD OF A BACHELOR OF COMMERCE DEGREE. JUNE 2005 MEMBERS OF THE PROJECT TEAM NAME SIGNATURE NUMBER
New Zealand introduced a tax-based financing health care system in 1947 (Cumming et al, 2013) and Singapore had a similar system after its independence in 1965 (Haseltine, 2013). Due to the increasing pressure on public spending in financing health care, both countries have introduced health care reforms since the 1970s to ease the pressure (Li, 2006). New Zealand has experienced a series of reforms which represented a major restructuring of the health system. The reforms have led to the creation
conflicting principles of fairness that apply to a tax system? Briefly explain each. (5 points) Each individual pays income taxes when they receive enough wages, and they also pay sales taxes when they purchase for goods. There are diverse kinds of taxes which are should be paid by both sellers and buyers. Many politicians of a country greatly consider the fairness of paying taxes to receive high attention (206). The fairness of taxing based on the ideal tax system which is fair, equivalent and clear to all
U.S. Tax System The history of the United States tax system is something that each and every person should understand. There are two main reasons that the history of the tax system is important. The first reason is that the knowledge of the how the tax system worked will help the people who are a part of the tax system process to make educated decisions upon future taxes and things which would affect the taxes. The second reason is that knowing about the history of the United States tax system
auctioned property, and assorted legal documents in its bid to pay off the debts of the Revolutionary War. Similarly, the United States tax system did not change during the Civil War. Congress passed the Revenue Legislation in 1861 to restore earlier excise taxes and to levy a tax on personal incomes to meet the demands of the war. Therefore, the United States tax system has been persistent in that what is taxed is contingent on the social purpose. The use of tariffs in domestic and international trade
presidential campaign. He believes in making America a more fair and honest country through law reforms and education. Mr. Sanders is taking a stand for middle class and poor families, trying to make education cheaper and better as well as reforming the tax system to remove the loopholes for the super-rich. Bernie Sanders is the clear and obvious choice for president if America is to become a better place. The main goal of Bernie Sanders’ political career has been to address the root causes of economic inequality
and contrast the US tax system with the Chinese tax system Because of their political and economic systems, China and the United States have different tax systems. Although both of them belong to complex tax systems, the United States is a country with income tax as its main body, while China relies more on turnover tax and the consumption tax. The essential difference between China and the U.S. is the accumulation rate. China has a higher accumulation of tax system, and tax is mainly paid by consumers
The tax systems in France were unjust on the 3rd estate and made it hard for them to survive this lead them to rise up against the government. France was in great debt that led to the collapse of their economy and then the people's Revolution. In France the Third Estate made up most of the people and they didn't get the recognition they wanted so they rebelled against their country. The main cause of the French Revolution was economic issues that lead the to rebelion of the french people. The
The prison system is unsuccessful and a waste of tax payers money. Prisons were not meant to be a form of punishment, rather prison was originally a containment cell meant to hold the criminals until a punishment could be decided (Desoriente0). Later on when the church got powerful, prisons were then used to punish members of the church when they sinned or broke the law in order to avoid a physical punishment the inmates would be sent into solitary to pray and think about their actions for a short
are inevitable, the way states tax their citizen may be vastly different. I compared two states in order to understand the contrast and comparison between their state’s tax system. I chose to research the tax systems of Oregon and Florida. Oregon and Florida are two states that are distinct from each other not only in location but in their state’s tax system as well. Oregon is heavily dependent on a personal income tax, however, Oregon is not dependent on sales tax by all means. On the other hand