FCT v Bargwanna [2012] HCA 11 (29 March 2012)1: A case on the taxation and administration of charitable trusts Overview of income tax exemption and charitable entities What is income tax? The answer may be simple. Further‚ basic understanding on definition of income is capable of answering why a charitable entity has optional privileges in its income tax obligation. The main reason for this special treatment is because its ’nature of charitable purposes’ arguably reflects its non-profit orientation
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Most Beneficent Assignment of: Principle & Practice Income Tax Topic: Need of Tax Exemption [pic] Question: What is the need of Tax Exemption or Tax Concession in income tax from government point of view? And Does present income tax exemption policy of Pakistan effective in achieving its objectives give comments? TAX EXEMPTION According To “Community Benefit” theorists Tax-exemption contributes to pluralism “by providing the public goods and
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Tax amendments to file Income-Tax return for AY 2013-14 It is well known fact that tax payers are now required filing their Income-tax Return for the Financial Year 2012-13 relevant to the Assessment Year 2013-14. These Income-tax Returns in most cases have to be filed by 31st July‚ 2013. However‚ for the Corporate Sector as well as for persons who are having the requirement of tax audit the last date of filing Income-tax Return happens to be 30th September 2013. The Central Board of Direct
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1974‚ the tax year here at issue‚ RXL paid a dividend distribution to Xerox and paid the requisite ACT in the United Kingdom on the distribution. A portion of that ACT was set off in 1974 against RXL’s mainstream corporation tax in the United Kingdom. The foreign tax credit for that portion of the 1974 ACT is not in dispute. The portion of the ACT was not used to offset RXL’s mainstream tax was surrendered by RXL to its United Kingdom subsidiaries. The U.S IRS then withdrew the foreign tax credit for
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DO TAX HAVENS FLOURISH? James R. Hines Jr. Working Paper 10936 http://www.nber.org/papers/w10936 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 November 2004 I am indebted to Claudia Martinez for excellent research assistance‚ to her and to Rosanne Altshuler‚ Reuven Avi-Yonah‚ Daniel Mitchell‚ Joel Slemrod‚ and particularly James Poterba‚ for helpful comments on previous drafts of this paper.The views expressed herein are those of
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Tax Study Guide Chapter 19: Distributions that are not in complete liquidation Earnings & Profit is the ability of a corporation to pay a dividend. Similar to the accounting concept of retained earnings. Both are measures of the firm’s accumulated capital (E&P includes both the accumulated E&P of the corporation since February 28‚ 1913‚ and the current year’s E&P). *Both cash and accrual basis corporations use the same approach when determining E&P. How to calculate E&P: Taxable Income +
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BUSINESS MATH A TAX DILEMMA ASSIGNMENT 11.1 CASE STUDY 20.2 – PAGES 736 – 737 Rita just finished completing her educational requirements to become a dental hygienist. She has been offered jobs in two different cities and is trying to determine which one she should accept. Both employers offer similar benefits and working conditions‚ but the jobs are in two different states. Rita will move to the state in which she accepts a position. The first position is in Pennsylvania. Rita would earn $50‚000
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Income Tax Act 1961 Assessment Year: The period of twelve months starting from April 1 of every year and ending on March 31 of the next year. Previous Year: Income earned in a year (Previous year) is taxable in the next year (Assessment Year). Income earned during the previous year (PY) 2011-12 is taxable in the Assessment year (AY) 2012-13. From the AY 1989-90 onwards‚ all assesses are required to follow the financial year April 1 to March 31 as previous year for all sources of income
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by Onipede Ibidunni Seun on Capital Gains Tax in Nigeria Introduction Discussing capital gain tax without first presenting a general overview of the entire concept of taxation will be tantamount to putting a cart before a horse. It is therefore very important that justice be done by explaining taxation and various types of taxes. Taxation: A General overview Tax and taxation has been variously defined by different authors. Oyegbile (1996) defines tax as a sum of money paid by citizens of a country
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the amount of income and expenses reported for GAAP and income tax purposes. The objective for GAAP reporting is to report the economic activities of the entity. The objective for income tax purposes is for the government to raise revenue. There are two terms that identify the types of income subject to tax under each reporting system. Firstly‚ pretax financial income is determined using GAAP. It is the amount of income on which income tax is computed for financial statement purposed. It is formally
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