Tax

It’s tax season and the main focus is getting everyone to do their taxes. Some places have what you call tax incentives, now the question is, do tax incentives really work? Tax incentives are exemptions to general assessment rules intended to accomplish a financial objective by urging individuals or organizations to accomplish something that they generally would not have done. More specifically, these narrowly targeted tax breaks are usually offered in an attempt to convince businesses to…

FEDERAL ESTATE TAX: CURRENT STATUS Proposals to repeal the estate tax in the legislative body of the government were apparent in 2009 but Congress was unsuccessful in the termination of the federal estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes. Consequently, the landscape for the federal estate and GST taxes appears markedly different than it was in 2009, and different from how it is likely to be in 2011. Even though Congress did not reach agreement on the federal estate, GST, and gift…

assets, made investments, have mutual funds, stocks, or received an inheritence, you'll need to figure out your tax basis when filing your income tax return. Tax basis is also commonly known as cost basis, depending on whom you're dealing with. They are often used interchangeably to mean the same thing. It can be complex because it matters how you came to own the shares or mutual funds. Your tax basis is determined by the amount you use from the investment that is for profit or loss when you…

administration has been the reconstructing of the current federal tax system. It has become more apparent as the 2016 presidential election has gotten under way that the current candidates have or will face many questions about the tax reform; and if elected president how their administration will implement the policy. The American population is well in support of a major tax reform, 71 percent of American’s believe that the united states tax system needs reforming; only 5 percent of the…

introduction of GST! A lot of Micro business owners find it quite challenging keeping track of all their Tax Invoices. Prior to GST most bookkeeping entries were coded to the correct expense account straight from the Business Bank Statement, but now it is necessary to refer to your Tax Invoices when recording your expenses in your Accounting Software Program. Setting up a system to keep track of your Tax Invoices is essential. Bookkeeping solutions can be as simple as getting yourself…

The third and final tax system to be evaluated for pros and cons is the no income tax system, which is implemented in nine states: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, New Hampshire, and Tennessee (New Hampshire, and Tennessee pay an income tax on dividends from investments). First, a no income tax system is exactly what it sounds like, there is no income tax to be payed to the state. Are these states at a disadvantage because they do not have an income tax? The answer to this…

Felipe Escobar The Estate Tax is Desirable 3/11/2016 The estate tax is a tax on property. It taxes, cash, real estate, stocks and other assets that are transferred from a deceased individual to an assigned heir. The estate tax is not double taxation as some opponents might suggest. Instead, the estate tax makes sure that the wealthiest pay their share of taxes just like the rest of tax payers do when they pay income and payroll taxes. The estate tax should not be repealed because it is…

States tax system needs help; some people think this problem can be solved. It will be quite a task because of the extensive 72,000 pages of IRS and U.S. tax codes. Almost everyone in America can agree that our tax system isn’t perfect, or even close. There have been numerous proposals, but which one is best? David Marron has an interesting idea, on how to try and fix it, called the “X tax”. It does have one major change to our system, it wipes away all of the old laws and regulations. The X…

Ever since the beginning of the income tax, a debate has sparked about how much money different levels of income should pay in tax. "The Government taxed personal income for the first time in 1862, to help finance the Civil War(1861-65), Congress imposed a 3% tax on income of more than $600 a year and 5% on income more that $10,000 a year. The income tax was repealed after the war ended"("Extending Tax Cuts", Page 3). Today, we are using the money for the same reason, and many public services.…

pass on the property tax to churches. It is exempted from the property taxes, income taxes and other kinds of the taxes. It might be liberating in the sense to reexamining the tax exemption. When the donation is made to churches there are tax deductions. This thing encourages the people to become wealthier and bigger. In many areas like in the cash strapped Europe and debt-ridden areas churches are treated as the enormous assets. For instance, a treasure trove rope for the tax collector is…