I. What is Sin Tax Bill ? A sin tax is a kind of sumptuary tax: a tax specifically levied on certain generally socially proscribed goods and services‚ for example alcohol‚ tobacco and gambling. Sumptuary taxes are ostensibly used for reducing transactions involving something that society considers undesirable‚ and is thus a kind of sumptuary law. Sin tax is used for taxes on activities that are considered socially undesirable. Common targets of sumptuary taxes are alcohol and tobacco‚ gambling
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Tax Description Income Tax is a tax on a person’s income‚ emoluments‚ profits arising from property‚ practice of profession‚ conduct of trade or business or on the pertinent items of gross income specified in the Tax Code of 1997 (Tax Code)‚ as amended‚ less the deductions and/or personal and additional exemptions‚ if any‚ authorized for such types of income‚ by the Tax Code‚ as amended‚ or other special laws. Types of Income Tax Personal Income Tax (PIT) is a direct tax levied on income
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Sin Tax Bill (For the Government) OVERALL SUMMARY: According to James Sadowsky‚ author of The Economics of Sin Taxes‚ taxes imposed on products seen as vices such as alcoholic liquors and tobaccos are called sin tax. Aside from the commodities being objects of disapproval‚ even their consumers accept such taxes because they seem to hit two birds in one stone. First‚ they raise revenues and second‚ they made vices expensive. House Bill 5727 or also known as the Sin Tax Bill aims to reform the
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Tax Law and Accounting Paper In today’s financial world‚ preparation and reporting of income taxes has become one among the other main reasons why individuals and businesses are keeping and maintain their financial records. However‚ there has been some controversy between tax laws and accounting under the General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Simply because IRS is not always agrees with GAAP’s principles and thus creates its own tax laws. This paper will discuss the objectives of modern
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the circular-flow model illustrates that government: A. purchases resources in the resource market. B. provides services to businesses and households. C. purchases goods in the product market. D. does all of these. 3. Total governmental purchases—Federal‚ state‚ and local combined—account for about what percentage of domestic output? A. 35 percent B. 20 percent C. 10 percent D. 5 percent 4. Government purchases and transfer payments: A. differ because the latter absorb resources while the former
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The Sin Tax Bill (Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago) The Philippines has scandalously low taxes on two commodities that have been proven killers of individuals‚ destroyers of families and threats to national economic security: cigarette and spirits. At present‚ 25 million Filipino youth who are 18 years old are smokers. If they continue to smoke‚ half of them will die. Santiago is the principal author of Senate Bill No. 3249‚ “An Act restructuring the excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco products
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4 PRINCIPLES OF TAX INTRODUCTION TO TAX LAW A. Origins of Taxation - Taxation is not a modern concept‚ and dates back to the Roman Empire: ▪ Emperor Caligula set a disturbing trend as a tax collector by imposing taxes on food‚ court proceedings‚ wages of porters‚ prostitutes and even marriage. - 1770’s ( Pitt and Lord North believed that newspapers were luxury items and constituted appropriate fiscal targets. A stamp duty was placed on newspapers‚ which was later increased to
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Lecture 2 : Jurisdiction to Tax Taxable Income Tax Payable [s4-10 ITAA97] : (Taxable income x Tax Rate) – Tax Offsets Financial Year 1 July : 30 June Tax Offsets [s13-1 ITAA97] Social security benefits Dividends (franking credits) etc Taxable Income [s4-15 ITAA97] : (Assessable Income – Deductions) Assessable Income [s6-1] compromises Ordinary Income [s6-5] and Statutory Income [s6-10] but not Exempt Income [s6-15] Deductions include General Deductions [s8-1] and Specific Deductions
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Business Law Prof: Adam Pincus 12/6/11 Pros and Cons of Philly’s proposed soda tax ‚ if it had taken place In April of 2010‚ Mayor Michael Nutter proposed a tax on soda (and other sweet beverages)‚ in an attempt to try to generate more revenue for the city and curb the city’s growing child obesity issue. The soda tax was an idea to generate millions of dollars in revenue for the city. The tax would’ve added an estimated $77million to the city’s coffers‚ $20 million of which‚ would go towards
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Tax Avoidance Analysis Tax Avoidance is a legally manipulation for the corporations to lower their tax bill by structuring transactions‚ is also called tax planning. Different with Tax Evasion‚ the Tax Evasion is Criminal and completely illegal. And in generally‚ company which have more profit should have higher tax rate‚ but with the growth of the company‚ many tax avoidance strategy were used by management as result of minimize the tax bills and also without obey the law‚ There are 3 strategies
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