Financial transaction tax

Many South American countries have universal healthcare; this ensures health care and financial protection to all citizens of a particular country. Although countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela have universal healthcare, many people in those countries do not have access to the facilities and resources…

The Supreme Court noted that IPL did not enjoy “complete dominion over the deposits” compared to other advance payment cases. IPL had an obligation to repay the deposits once the customers achieved good credit or terminated their service. More importantly, IPL did not require a minimum purchase once a customer paid such deposit. IPL also considered the deposits as a loan and paid back the refunds along with interest if funds were held longer for 6 months. With these facts, the Supreme Court…

into account things that don’t have a measurable amount like pollution etc., we could get a fuller picture of how the economy is performing. Also, if GDP took into account the economic contribution of stay-at-home parents, barters, and cash only transactions it would create a fuller picture of how the economy is doing because these contributions are a big part of the economy. They are a big part of the economy because now of days there are still cash only restaurants and places even with the…

Implementing the opt-out system, the government has to concern about not only the medical supporting, but also the financial spending within the Budget. First, to run a new policy, the government needs to coordinate with legislation and consulate the public. Building an effectiveness opt-out system, the consent legislation or imitating "Spanish Model" is one of the ways because Spain has the highest organ donation rate in the global (Mclntosh, J., 2014). However, the debt of the Legislation…

The city of Duluth, MN is looking to put in new parks around town based on different population and socioeconomic factors. This analysis is based on the block groups in Duluth, MN that come from the source of the census bureau. Then the locating of existing parks came from UMD geodatabase. A buffer of 100 meters was created around these existing park boundaries and then erased (see figure 2) to factor out the areas that already had a park that was within walking distance of households. In…

14.2 Discussions Question #1 When the market fails to allocate resources efficiently interventionist usually allege the justification for government intervention. The two major economic intervention styles include market failure which gain Market power through the establishment of monopolies in addition to limiting the benefits from competitive markets. Asymmetric is another type of market failure which involves the provision of certain types of public goods such as National Defense this…

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2001 The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 was the first major tax cut legislation signed into law by President George W. Bush. The tax cuts were to be temporary, lasting 9 years before expiring in December 2010.11 The Tax Act of 2001 affects all taxpayers for the rest of the decade. However, since it contains a sunset provision, Congress must affirm the law or the changes will end after December 31, 2010. The major…

for deposits made 16 or more days late. 10% if electronic deposit is required but not used. 10% if deposits are paid directly to the IRS, paid with the return, or paid to an unauthorized financial institution. 15% for amounts unpaid more than 10 days after the date of the first notice the IRS sent asking for the tax due." (Cruz, A., Deschamps, M., Niswander, F., Prendergast, D., Schisler, D., & Trone, J., 2015) LO 10-3 13. If a…

Workers compensation insurance is an insurance policy carried by businesses that covers the medical costs and a portion of lost wages for an employee who is injured on the job. Workers compensation insurance covers workers injured on the job, whether they're hurt on the workplace premises or elsewhere, or in auto accidents while on business. Workers compensation insurance must be bought as a separate policy. In some states small businesses with fewer than three to five employees may not be…

Canadian provinces have jurisdiction in a number of areas, including employment. Employment regulations are a shared federal and provincial responsibility. The majority of workers—up to 90 percent of them—are covered by provincial, rather than federal, law. As a result, payroll regulations and employment standards vary as you move across the country. Perhaps the most unique province is Quebec. Of course, the gulf between Quebec and the rest of Canada can mean confusion when it comes to payroll…