Essays Tagged: "Sales tax"
taxation of e-commerce
"E-commerce and Sales Tax"In today's time of economic turmoil, localities are looking to untapped resources to gener ... ose untapped resources is e-commerce. What the localities want to do with e-commerce is to impose a sales tax on goods purchased over the Internet. It's one of the largest growing businesses in today' ... There is also was a clause called the Constitutions Commerce Clause that keeps states from imposing sales tax on retailers who have no physical presence in their state. This prevents states from requi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Taxes Project paper
fe, and to help those that need it. Many people believe that adding new taxes such as the half-cent sales tax increase that Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is fighting to get instated is wrong. We ... signatures in order to qualify the initiative for the November ballot. The initiative will increase sales and/or property tax by a half-cent in order to hire new officers. Sheriff Baca also has the su ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Comparing and Contrasting United States and International Tax Systems
ferent systems a government can use to collect taxes. A few of the most common systems are national sales tax, flat tax and marginal tax. National sales tax is a system in which the tax is on goods pe ... llecting the taxes because an efficient tax system results in maximization of tax revenue. National sales tax is an efficient system. Efficiency is this system comes from the people's incentive to wor ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes
PERSUASIVE ESSAY: Support Light Rail
ing. But it will not. The entire 52-mile system can be built with Capital Metro's existing one-cent sales tax, on a pay-as-you-go basis. These local funds willpay half the total cost, while the federa ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Good news is in the eye of the beholder
e remembering the day when three thousand lost their lives (9/11). others are already paying higher sales tax so they do not want to waste more money to spend less. possible war shouldn't have a major ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
The Role, Purpose, Use and Impact of Value Added Tax
VAT was introduced in 1973 due to the UK entering the European Union as a replacement for Purchase Tax and Self Employment Tax. Like purchase tax, VAT is an indirect tax that is charged on consumer e ... ices, rent and insurance. Finally, various products may have a 'zero rate' where they count towards taxable turnover, but have no VAT charges. Examples of such products include children's clothing, bo ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Statistical Information on Infant Mortality Rate form 2002 to 2005
into an even higher gas price and a prediction of less gas consumptions. A fuel tax is defined as a sales tax imposed on the sale of fuel1. In 2006, statistics showed that the national gasoline tax wa ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Tax Burden
Many Tennesseans have noticed that the state's sales tax had increased to 9.25%, which makes it 1% higher than last year's. I do not think it would ... es, etc and now they'd have to pay 9.25% of every purchase including food! When the news of the new sales tax reached the state, there were people who protested and complained on the news and radio. B ... money could lead people in this category to commit crimes.Senior citizens are also affected by high sales tax. More than half of them are retired with minimum pension from the government. It is obviou ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Should There Be An Income Tax In Tennessee
course of action on a state income tax, you need to understand why one would be needed. The current sales tax we have is a regressive tax. This means the poorest pay the most, let's say, the grocery s ... ave is a regressive tax. This means the poorest pay the most, let's say, the grocery store. But the sales tax makes up only a small percentage of the overall state budget. Homeowners and certain struc ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
State Income Tax In TN
course of action on a state income tax, you need to understand why one would be needed. The current sales tax we have is a regressive tax. This means the poorest pay the most, let's say, the grocery s ... ave is a regressive tax. This means the poorest pay the most, let's say, the grocery store. But the sales tax makes up only a small percentage of the overall state budget. Homeowners and certain struc ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Fair Tax for Americans
liminate the need for the IRS. In this plan the federal government would receive about 23 to 26% of sales tax collected on all new goods and services purchased across the country. With the tax rate be ... uary 11). Fair Tax sounds like hocus-pocus :Huckabee's plan to getrid of current system, impose 30% sales tariff seems ideal but reform isn't thatsimple.. Detroit News,p. C.1. Retrieved January 13, 20 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Taxation
.One article examines rate prevailed in different states of America. The writer has opened that the sales tax in America is not same; rather it is of different rate in different states. In some states ... ontext. Politicians and policy makers should duly consider the issue. So, the argument of exempting sales tax is necessary to by- pass any negative impact of tax base. Of course, this can provide the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
tax sysmen
to analyzed each of the items that the government of Dachevenda plans to levy additional 10% tax on.Sales tax on the cigarettesThe first type of good that the government prepares to impose additional ... ithin a certain period of time, which would be very helpful for reducing the cigarettes consumption.Sales tax on the movie ticketsThe other type of item that the government of Dachevenda decided to im ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Nissan
Ghosn's restructuration plan leading to significant losses of domestics jobs. His threat of putting taxations on Nissan if Nissan's move causes serious damages to subcontractors and local economies. G ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies