Taxation

1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the corporate tax. (6 marks) Advantages i. Source of Revenue - Corporate taxes can be effectively utilized as a tool for the government to generate higher revenues as corporations are the largest money makers in the every economy. The government can therefore create a steady and strong flow of cash by targeting those making large profits. ii. Distribution – Taxing companies that are making profits helps redistribute the benefits to the society…

The debate on tax reforms is different in the United States and Europe. In first case, efficient taxation that would limit cost and distortions in capital inversion is concerned. Michael Gaetz analyzes the proposal to partially replace taxes about income of individuals and societies with a VAT based on the method of the credit. This latest tax revenue would allow an exemption for families with $100,000 of income, reducing the number of contributors and simplifying tax management.VAT should have…

to tax a capital increase, and not income, than this demonstration that in the nature of things it requires conversion of capital in order to pay the tax"(252 U.S. 189). Meaning taxation should be required only when the stock dividend is converted to cash. The Supreme Court specified…

taxes. They are both two inevitable things that will happen to everyone. But today we will not be discussing what happens after death but instead whether or not flat tax is a good idea. Flat tax is favored because it gets rid of double taxation. Double taxation is when corporations are considered their own entities. The corporation pays taxes on their earnings then all of their employees pay taxes on their earnings as well. When corporations give dividends out to shareholders, these earnings…

Reforming the U.S. Tax Code Davey Jones III ACC 307, Federal Taxation Ms. Phillips This is why we need a flat tax, “If you get rid of two-thirds to three-quarters of the deductions and exemptions and carve-outs of the tax system, you’re not going to need all these IRS agents snooping into your financial records.” (Moore, 2013) “Publisher and former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes, who made the tax proposal famous in his 1992…

Tax is a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on worker’s income and business profits or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions (Oxford Dictionary). The federal income Tax system is now at a center of public debate. To illustrate, The United States is currently practicing progressive tax system, which means a person who earns higher income pays higher tax rate. Whereas another income tax system is call flat tax, which is a tax system with a…

Cigarettes and tobacco products are highly taxed. Steve Mason/Photodisc/Getty Images Excise tax, also known as duty or sumptuary tax, is an indirect tax that is charged at federal and state levels on the sale of particular items. It is an indirect form of taxation, since the government does not apply the tax directly on the consumer, but instead charges manufacturers, producers and merchants, who pass the tax on to consumers through higher prices. These taxes are often levied on items such as…

are collected from individual income taxes, Social Security and other payroll taxes, corporate income taxes, excise taxes, and estate and gift taxes. Over time politicians and scholars have suggested ideas of switching to consumption based means of taxation many times but it hasn’t been well supported until the past five or six years. A consumption tax, which has many names and variations such as the “VAT” tax or “Fair tax” is the idea of a tax that eliminates all federal taxes listed above and…

There has been recent media coverage of corporate “inversions”. In other words, corporations originally founded or thought of as “American” transplanting themselves in Canada or the United Kingdom. These inversions draw significant media and public attention and are a hot topic for politicians. Understanding the motivations and root causes of corporate tax behavior is integral to reforming tax code. In general, taxes generate income that funds local, state, and federal government activity.…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is an agency included under the Department of the Treasury. It is one of the most proficient tax administrators in the world. The function of this bureau is to collect the appropriate sum of tax revenue, as legislated by Congress, at the least amount of cost. In fiscal year 2015, the IRS collected nearly 3.3 trillion dollars in taxes. For every one hundred dollars collected, the IRS spent only 35 cents. The mission of the IRS is to provide American taxpayers…