Essays on Deductions

Introduction

In more ways than one, the conceptualized constructs demarcating the means by which money exchange takes place within the contemporary world economy are profuse than they might actually appear. The ideology of a contemporary capitalism culture can be split two ways; the thinking of a financializer versus that of a technologist. This paper will take on a triangulation approach at trying to deconstruct the ideals of contemporary capitalism. By cross-referencing different theorizations, the two loudly acclaimed arrangements of abstraction – financialization and technological abstraction – shall be extrapolated and used to establish the actual stand concerning the doctrine of capitalism today.

Financialization

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As a single taxpayer having a gross total income of $45,000, I fall into the 25% tax bracket. A total of $7,022 is hence, required to be payable as income tax for the year 2016 at a rate of 15.6%. The next lowest tax bracket is the 15% bracket that includes income from $9,276 to $37,650. My gross total income is hence, $7,350 away from the 15% tax bracket. A standard deduction of $6,300 is available for single filers that can reduce my gross total income to $38,700. Alternatively, itemized deductions are ...

Introduction

While conducting research, various methods are used in gathering the samples and testing them and coming up with the realized results of analysis. Surveys were done take multiple forms depending on the discipline under the study. Social sciences make the have numerous subjects and under them falls education and leadership. Getting deeper into the field of education, a researcher can decide to use several optional methods when conducting the study. Among them is observation, interviews, case studies, surveys, laboratory experiments and field studies. In spite of this variation in the possible methods that are implemented, a common ground involved ...

Federal funding for the restoration and protection of coastal wetlands

The federal government has an exclusive jurisdiction over protection and restoration of coastal wetlands that are deemed by DEC as of local importance. The federal government is statutorily authorized to adopt and implement a coastal wetlands protection law wholly or partially within the federal government’s jurisdiction. The law prescribes specific funding and procedures be followed in determining the extent of the coastal wetlands hazard while seeking to assert its jurisdiction over its coastal wetlands. The systems of the coastal wetlands protection necessitate forwarding of the federal government’s regulation to DEC for the establishment of the competence of ...

Introduction

According to Trevino & Nelson (2011, p. 35), fraud does not happen as a coincidence. To be specific, fraud in organizations is usually premeditated and has to happen in the right conditions and members of the organization in authority often set these conditions. As such, identifying the root causes of fraud, which is called fraud deterrence, should be one of the priorities of corporate governance. Since fraud has been a common menace in the history of organizational management, various strategies, government regulations, and acts have been developed to prevent the occurrence of fraud (Giroux, 2013, p. 32). These procedures cover ...

Discussion Board Posts

Main post starting a thread: “Closing the Wealth Gap: A Review of Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in Homeownership” by Meghan Kuebler Home ownership does not represent an equally realizable goal for all groups in the society, despite the fact that it is a very important investment that may secure a family’s future for generations to come. Although owning a home has been part of the American dream historically, not all groups in the society have had equal access to this privileged position as home owner. In reality, Whites are more likely than any other racial group to own ...

With the advent of computer use by all and sundry, criminal minded people have also ventured into what is termed as cyber crime, which has as many ramifications as there are categories of crime. It has therefore become imperative for the government and law enforcement agencies to put up stringent measures against such criminals. The main categories of crimes, perpetrated through computers are stealing computer hardware or software, manipulating data through computers, telecommunications and internal computer crimes. When viruses are implanted into other people’s computers in a deliberate attempt at being malicious against such people this constitutes internal ...

Introduction

Managed care refers to the approaches and methods designed to reduce the cost of healthcare and leverage financial disbursements in order to improve the quality of healthcare to patients. This refers to a series of services offered by private insurance companies that provide health insurance to patients in the form of fee-for-service and value-based health care system for members of insurance schemes. There are group and individual insurance packages that are offered to members who make regular contributions for healthcare services as and when they are needed. Health insurance has always existed in history. However, the Health Maintenance Organization ...

Both the concepts of tax reduction and tax credit benefits an individual in a way that the taxes will have a less significant impact on the reduction of the financial resources. Tax reduction directly decreases the amount of tax included in some forms of expenses, while the tax credit decreases the expenses on taxes by accessing credit values which can be obtained by meeting specific requirements, and will take care of some portion of the taxes (Mercadante, n.d). Both are helpful to the taxpayers, but which one is more beneficial? Considering another concept called the Adjusted Gross Income, or ...

AMT

This was a form of taxed that was put in place by congress to counter the rich business people who were running away from paying taxes. MT (Alternative Minimum Tax) can also be said to be the tax that coincides with the regular tax but on it there re items that are added that are not taxed. This tax however got some loopholes as some middle class people started being faced by it since it was not updated(Harold, 2005).It is worth noting that AMT came into being because to the political reasons of wealthy people not paying ...

Market Segment Two

The market segment comprises of structured needs such as in the sales and car dealership industries allowing for easy customisation of a solution. Further, the market serves millions of customers in New Zealand which provides a huge market for the products that the academy shall be offering. The customers in this segment have expressed their need to be trained which illustrates existence of a ready opportunity. The market segment comprises of unique sales people who are market-oriented and as such may be willing to pay a higher price for the training making it an attractive investment segment for the ...

The chapter of Internal Revenue Code defines partnership as an association formed by two or more persons who perform trade or business together. Each group is expected to contribute equal capital, labor skills and any other required resource with the expectation of getting share profits or share benefits. There are different types of partnerships including the general partnership, a limited partnership among other types. The partnership is subjected to various tax regulations including the "Check-the-Box" regulations. It allows most unincorporated business entities including various kinds of partnerships to choose the federal tax status. The goal of the paper is ...

There is a considerable and sizeable population of small business in the US economy. Statistically speaking there are over 28 million small business that occurs with small business specifically indicating businesses with fewer than 500 employees. Over 22, million individuals are self-employed without any additional payrolls or having employed other persons. Of the working population, a considerable percentage of over 50% that translates to 120 million individuals work in the small business (US statistics and data, 2016). Small business on average have modest turnovers that attract income taxes on the cash generated. Business entities are relevant in the generation ...

Introduction

Employee motivation is the level of creativity, energy and also commitment which the workers of an entity contribute towards their jobs. Whether the entity is growing or even shrinking, the articulation of the manners to motivate workers has always remained a concern for the management. Banks (1997) mentions that competing theories on the aspect have emphasized either employee empowerment or the provision of incentives. Ideally, people often perform better in work environments that are more creative and as a result, they will harbor feelings of accomplishment. It happens when a company has a well-structured reward, as well as, recognition ...

The philosophical contributions of Rene Descartes remain the cornerstone upon which doubt is built. The subjects of Rene begin when he decides to bring to an end the past conceptions through models of reasoning and intellect. In his analogy of falsehood and misconceptions, the meditator alludes to the past preconceptions as he resolves to recreate the certainty of knowledge by only accepting as truth things that he has proof. It is essential to understand the philosophical analogy that certain things must be made subject to doubt. As he begins to question the rationale that governs his perceptions, he began ...

Vacation Home Tax Introduction

According to the Internal Revenue Service, a vacation home permanently places. This includes a lake home, condo, mobile home, RV, house trailer or a yacht. The home has to offer sleeping, cooking and toilet facilities. It is not required to be fancy, or the location does not have to be in a vacation community. The main thing is it is a structure, land by itself does not count. This paper will discuss the tax information that can be used when filing an annual tax return .

As long as the vacation home meets requirements, the interest on the mortgage can ...

The value added tax (VAT) is consumption tax levied on goods and services in the country while revenue refers to taxes on income from labor or capital. Consumption taxes are not regressive and closely relates to sales tax despite the two being fundamentally different. The shift from income tax to a VAT would raise the nation’s savings. VAT tends to discourage consumption leading to more savings. Moreover, VAT does not decrease the returns to savings. It follows that it does not affect choices between future and current consumption by changing their relative prices (Congressional Budget Office, 1992 p. ...

The debate on the inclusion of scientific creationism has been subject to debate from different quarters in the US and other parts of the world. While different individuals hold different views regarding the inclusion of intelligent design, it is clear that there is raging dispute on the subject between the proponents and critics who hold unrepentant positions regarding the same. It is undisputable that the debate been given a rather unclear decision by the Supreme Court that still tries to allow the continuity of the debate by providing an encouraging analogy and decision on the matter (Behe et al. ...

Introduction

There is growing need to prevent the spread of HIV in the society as well as develop mechanisms to limit the prevalence of the virus. Several measures have been put into action for the same course, but it is also necessary to adopt the behavioral mechanisms that will help achieve the goals of reducing the pandemic (Brandon, 2010). It is thus critical to understand the dynamics of the intervention approaches that will help in achieving the goals. The area of the discussion is the various behavioral approaches that will contribute to reducing the risks of contracting HIV as well ...

Abstract

Economics is the science of studying behavioral aspects of the consumer market. Trends in the consumer market directly influence the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Micro economic specifically explores the aspects of rationalization that affects the decision making of the consumer market. Research in these areas is key to the basis of institutional theory: which can be used to make future productions of the consumer market for instance. The theory of bounded rationality holds, that the decision making process is usually influenced by limitations such as time, available information and cognitive functions. The consumer therefore is ...

Political Science

About the Company Opello Tyres is a brand name synonym with great comfort and design, which provides great driving maneuvering and experience. Opello is a tyre manufacturer and retailer having market presence in more than 45 countries. Opello has made a strong brand reputation in the tyre industry based on their 35 years of experience in building tyres of cars, trucks, two-wheelers, etc. Opello has approximately 130 corporate offices and 12,000 employees based in different parts of the world. At the end of the 2015-16 financial year Opello’s turnover was $4.88 billion. Opello is traded on the ...

Personal Finance Essays

The Wall Street Journal on April 8, 2016, the author Jason Zweig says the government is not responsible for the retirement savings of the people. The government since the great depression in the middle of the 20th century created the social security system which guarantees (in theory) a pension and retirement funds to all the people that are over sixty years and serves more than thirty years or more, depending on the institution or company (Zweig). The welfare state created by the government and emulated by other countries in Europe and America works similar a pyramidal scheme. The new ...

Logic of enquiry

In relation to the logic of enquiry, it has been presented in a manner that is coherent, as well as, comprehensive just as would be expected. The enquiry in the article has been instrumental in characterizing the staff according to their roles and also making key assumptions that generally dictates the impacts and also ways that an organization can actually implement plans for purposes of turning the assumptions made into reality. However, a weakness of the enquiry logic used is that it has not completely put into perspective both the quantitative and also the qualitative measures regarding the disadvantaged ...

Q1 (a) Cash Flow Statement for the period 1 Jan 2015 to 31 December 2015

The missing/modified figures (as shown in yellow in the cash flow statement) are calculated as follows: Employment income, Keaton, Given, Gross Salary and Bonus= $120,000.00

Alyssa,

Given total salary and bonus=$64,800

Half paid in Aus and half in Singapore,

Thus her Salary and bonus paid in Singapore=$32,400

Employer’s CPF contribution,

Keaton- 37 % of 120,000=$44400 Alyssa- 20% of $32,400=$6480

Dividend and rental income

Dividend – Keaton-No dividend in 2015 Alyssa, $689 in 2015 Rental income Keaton and Alyssa combined rental income for property in Singapore registered under joint tenancy agreement is $3,050 per month or $36600 for the year.

The portion of CPF and cash used for the housing installment is as mentioned below.

Total housing installment =$4099

Keaton:

Total monthly income=$10, ...