As the global crisis deepened‚ the foreign investors decided to exit the Nigerian capital market‚ by off loading their large volume of shares into the market. The market got saturated with shares without corresponding buyers. On the part of the retail investors they could not catch in to take profit as share certificates were not being issued promptly and the process of certificate verification at the Registrars offices took so long to be completed. Since the retail investor could not exit and there
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make a gain. The gain on sale of a capital asset is called capital gain. This gain is not a regular income like salary‚ or house rent. It is a one-time gain; in other words the capital gain is not recurring‚ i.e.‚ not occur again and again periodically. Opposite of gain is called loss; therefore‚ there can be a loss under the head capital gain. We are not using the term capital loss‚ as it is incorrect. Capital Loss means the loss on account of destruction or damage of capital asset.
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of purple. She has a stockbroker sell the shares for her‚ use the proceeds for personal expenses‚ and thinks nothing further about her transactions. What issues does she face when she prepares her Federal income tax return? Sheila needs to treat the sale of her shares as a capital gain because she had the stock for investment purposes‚ and not as inventory (Hoffman‚ 2013‚ p 16-6--16-7). 3. Alison owns a painting that she received as a gift from her aunt 10 years ago. The aunt created the painting
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According to Section 45 (1)‚ any profits or gains earned by assessee during the previous year on the transfer of capital asset are called Capital Gains. The amount will be taxable under the head ‘Capital Gains’. There must be tree essential elements of capital gains are: A. Capital Assets B. Transfer of Capital Asset; and C. There must be profits or gains on such transfer‚ which will be known as capital gain (A). CAPITAL ASSETS Capital assets mean all types of assets either fixed or floating‚ movable
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subsequently sold the fifty hectares due to ill health at the age of 35; this sale produced a capital gain of $80‚000. During this time Jack had losses from his cattle farming in both the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 financial years of $2‚350 and $1‚250 respectively‚ and also received income from other sources in those years ($45‚000 and $23‚000 respectively). Issues: Jack is seeking advice in regards to capital gains exemptions and reliefs that can be attributed to the sale of the property. Jack is also
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Taxation plays a very important role in the economic life of a developing country like Nigeria. Today Nigeria is indeed in need of effective and efficient tax system in order to generate enough revenue that will finance economic growth and development. There is the urgent need in the country to evolve new approach for handling various tax issue dealing with both compliance and planning work. The use of Tax in National development is increasing and further introduction of new technology will ensure
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the Tax Implications of E-Commerce. The issue of e-commerce and its tax implications continues to receive a high level of attention because of the fast growth of e-commerce activities. In the emerging global economy‚ e-commerce has increasingly become a necessary component of business strategy and a strong catalyst for economic development. The integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in business has revolutionized relationships within organizations
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is to ensure that all taxpayers‚ within a defined tax jurisdiction‚ are brought into the tax net and assessed correctly in order to block all possible leakages. Generally‚ taxpayers are categorized according to the legal status of their businesses. In this research work we are interested in Corporate Entities/Public Companies which are limited liability companies or public companies registered with profit - motive in mind. Their tax affairs are being handled by the Federal Taxing Authority
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Management and Economics Available online at www.managementjournal.info RESEARCH ARTICLE An Empirical Analysis of Capital Structure on Firms’ Performance in Nigeria Taiwo Adewale Muritala* Department of Economics and Financial Studies‚ Fountain University Osogbo‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria. *Correspondence E-mail: muritaiwo@yahoo.com Abstract This paper examines the optimum level of capital structure through which a firm can increase its financial performance using annual data of ten firms spanning a
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Located in West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s
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