Essays on Taxation

There is a tremendous shift in U.S.-Canadian cross-border tax affairs, owing to the recent enactment of the U.S. tax reform – the initial wave having come into effect on January 1, 2018. This move represented a complete renovation of the taxation system. One of the…

There are multiple avenues to achieve success, not just one specific way or method. The definition you have for success and it also varies by what how you measure your definition of success. It could mean you have abundant amounts of assets, multiple degrees, or…

Executive Summary: Launched at midnight of June 30th, 2017, the Indian Government has proposed to substitute the present tax system Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise with Goods and Service Tax (GST).Under this new system, there would be common tax for all goods or services…

Progressive Taxation, Poverty, and Inequality Knowledge and Understanding Taxes are the main source of government revenues: they are the funds that keep the government running. A tax can either be regressive or progressive. A regressive tax is one which taxes rich and poor at similar…

Forms of Organizations Introduction In today’s corporate world, most companies have established various ways of accomplishing organizational goals. Additionally, the emphasis on the structure of business entity as facilitated the progressive development in achieving these goals. Organizations can maximize the productivity of the business if…

According to Harned et al (2010), for purposes of taxation the IRS has a criterionthat is used in determining whether a worker is a company employee or is an independent contractor. In the case of a company employee, the company is liable to tax returns…

1st July 2017 GST rolled out in our economy with a motive of one country one tax. The main motive of implementation of GST was to ensure that more people come under the tax slab and erode the black money from the economy. While big…

What is EU’s GSP? EU’s GSP is European Generalized Scheme of Preferences which is a preferential tariff system that enables developing countries to pay lower taxes or no duties while exporting their local goods to European Union (EU) markets. The GSP is provided based on…

Tax compliance as behaviour of taxpayers is not influenced only by economic and legislative factors but also other factors such as tax education, personal, social or society norms – according to the classification made by Kirchler (2007), tax morality other times called tax ethics (there…

If there was one simple solution for humans to decrease their personal carbon footprint, it’s a no-brainer that everyone would follow it. Eating a plant-based diet is fifty percent more effective in fighting climate change than switching to hybrid cars. A reasonable, straightforward suggestion would…