Tax

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…

designed to increase the tax percentage on individuals residing in the state that have a yearly income of one million dollars and above. The tax proposal is heavily surrounded by the use of numbers as it would raise the current percentage four points from 5.15% to 9.15%. Currently in the state as of 2014, data has indicated that approximately 15,000 people resided in the state with annual earnings of one million dollars or above, which is a 22% increase from 2013. The imposed tax increase would…

Those who have sat through even the most introductory of tax courses know that the determination of income tax liability is not often a completely objective matter. It has become nearly impossible for the statutes, rulings, and cases to keep up with the ever-evolving business environment. In 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) took a step towards curbing this ambiguity with the release of Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN 48). This…

1. Case study: Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion As stated in the text, the biggest challenge the tax administration has is cheating (Rosen & Gayer, 2014). There is difference between tax avoidance, which is legal and a good business practice, and tax evasion, which is failing to pay due taxes (Rosen & Gayer, 2014). The public finance principle of tax avoidance is efficient. In the case reviewed, it is suggested that having a fiscal year end on December 31st drives companies to be more aggressive…

Across different tax jurisdictions there are varying treatments observed however, the two primary tax treatments for pensions are EET and TEE. The former system allows contributions and investment returns to be exempt from tax whilst retirement income is taxed. In contrast, the latter taxes contributions whilst returns and retirement income are tax-free. There are variations to the two main systems found across different jurisdictions. We will draw comparisons with the UK tax system across four…

Maryland Rain Tax A recent public policy change that has impacted my state of Maryland and many of its citizens through ten counties is the Maryland Rain Tax. This rain tax has been a controversial proposal since it was proposed on April 2013 by Governor Martin O’Malley. The tax’s purpose is to require local governments to charge a storm-water remediation fee to pay for removing pollutants from rainwater before it reaches the Chesapeake Bay. (Johnson & Wiggins, 2015). This tax law was highly…

Taxes are an integral part of any economy. As a responsible Bronx Tax Payer, you are supposed to pay your taxes and file your returns on time. While these are important exercises, most people consider this to be a formality or a burden hence do not understand the intricacies of the process and things related to it. Did you know that as a tax payer, there are certain rights that you have? Paying taxes is not only a duty but it also comes with some benefits and rights that you as a responsible…

progressivity tax system, the main argument is that the rising of the marginal tax rate on upper income earner will stunt economic growth, decrease labour supply, reduce reported income and make Canada has less competitiveness. There are lots of research papers that evaluate the relationship between the high marginal tax rate and the economic and found that higher marginal tax rate is correlated with the drop in the economic growth. D. Romer and H. Romer investigated the effect of the U.S tax…

What are my payroll tax obligations? A state tax, which an employer or owner of an organization withholds on account of their employees. Payroll tax depends on the wages of the employees, working in an organization. Depending on the state where you are live, though every State and Federal authority receives payroll taxes. Business owners may be accountable for payroll taxes if the total amount of wages, paid throughout Australia surpassed the state set payroll tax. In that case, an employer…

Ireland’s Tax Policies Ireland is a popular country to incorporate a foreign subsidiary due to its incredibly low corporate income tax rate and tax policies. The corporation tax rate in Ireland is 12.5%, (Thomson, 2016) which is incredibly low causing it to become a tax haven. Tax havens are created by tax competition. Tax competition is defined as “the use, by entities that participate in it, of such activities within the tax policy that will allow maintaining or increasing the attractiveness…