A carbon tax is a tax imposed on the carbon content of fuels. It is a form of carbon pricing. Carbon taxes are a possible cost-effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. From an economic outlook‚ carbon taxes are a type of Pigovian tax.They help to address the problem of emitters of greenhouse gases not face the full social costs of their actions. Carbon taxes can be a degenerating tax‚ in that it may directly or indirectly affect low-income groups disproportionately. The regressive impact
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MEMORANDUM TO: Dr. Green FROM: Kecia Carter DATE: November 28‚ 2010 RE: Tax Memo #1/Gambling Activities Issue #1 Dr. Green is a practicing physician in Chicago who‚ as an avid blackjack and slot machine player‚ travels to Las Vegas bi-weekly to gamble. He would like to know what criteria are used to determine whether his gambling activities constitute a trade or business for federal income tax purposes and whether or not you think his gambling activities qualify for trade or business
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A Federal Governing system is one in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments. An authority superior to both the central and local governments makes this division of powers on a geographic basis; and that division cannot be changed by either the local or national level acting alone. Both levels of government act directly on the people through their own sets of laws‚ officials‚ and agencies. In federalism‚ there is a written constitution
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Homework 1 – Chapter 1 1. In the following independent situations‚ is the tax position of the tax payer likely to change? Explain why or why not. a) Yes‚ this is likely to change John’s tax position because of capital gains and losses on the disposition because of property now convert to ordinary income and losses. b) Yes‚ this is likely to change Theresa’s tax position because now she is self employed and has to deal with the safe harbor of withholdings is lost and new quarterly payments on
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What are the pros and cons of the Federal Reserve? Make sure you discuss this from a public choice‚ knowledge problem and macroeconomic perspective. Should the fed remain independent or should it be subject to congressional (executive authority)? Alternatively‚ should it be abolished? If so what would a fed-less world look like? a. The benefits of the Federal Reserve are that it creates a notion of stability in the financial industry. The Federal Reserve was created to lessen the frequency of bank
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taxation in Bangladesh Tapan K Sarker1 ABSTRACT: This article reviews the incidence of income taxation in Bangladesh tax system. The main purpose of the study is to determine how the burden of personal and corporation income taxes is allocated among taxpayers of different income groups. In case of personal income taxes it shows that only 13 percent taxpayers paying around 73 percent of tax revenue collected through personal income taxes and interestingly about 53 percent taxpayers pay only 0.08 percent
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TAXATION AND UNDERSTANDING THE FEDERAL TAX LAWCHAPTER 1--AN INTRODUCTION TO TAXATION AND UNDERSTANDING THE FEDERAL TAX LAW Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. The ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was necessary to validate the Federal income tax on corporations. True False 2. Before the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified‚ there was no valid Federal income tax on individuals. True False
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Federal Reserve Paper Federal Reserve Paper by LeAnn Bomar University of Phoenix Eco/372 Principles of Macroeconomics May 16‚ 2013 I have been asked to prepare this essay to familiarize foreign officials with The United States Federal Reserve. As parties interested in doing business in our country‚ I understand how important it is for you to inform yourselves on the Federal Reserve and how it operates. In this paper‚ there will be information pertaining
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How a society punishes their criminals can say a lot about the way the citizens live their lives. Here in the United States we would rather take better care of someone in prison for life than a person on the street who has never committed a crime in their life. The philosophy and practices has changed drastically in the last 30 years. Rehabilitation was the main focus for the beginning of the 20th century. This gave way to a new found focus on justice‚ and fairness in the 1970s. Crime control was
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November 16‚ 2012 TAX FILE MEMORANDUM FROM SUBJECT Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home‚ INC. taxpayer engagement. FACT Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home‚ INC (“Peaceful”) has designed an approach that allows customers to prepay for their funeral goods and services. Under this program‚ the customer pays in advance for the goods and services that will be provided at the time of their death‚ often at a significant discount. Under the terms of the contract‚ the payments are refundable at the contract purchaser’s
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