TAX AVOIDANCE vs. TAX EVASION From the time taxes were first imposed on American citizens‚ people have been trying to find ways to escape paying them. While some taxpayers continue to find legal ways to avoid paying a portion of their taxes‚ others simply choose to evade taxes or not pay them at all. Avoiding taxes and evading taxes may sound like similar actions‚ but the two terms have very different meanings. Avoiding taxes can be accomplished though various legal means‚ whereas evading taxes
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Vol. 2. No. 7. November 2012 Issue. Pp. 150 – 156 Tax Evasion and Avoidance Practices in Some Selected Corporate Firms of Bangladesh Mohammad Zahid Hossain Bhuiyan* The present study is based on a total number of 9 (Nine) tax appeal cases and opinions of a total number of 32(thirty two) respondents belonging to relevant tax officials and tax practitioners. The main reason of selecting the topic is the large scale prevalence of the tax evasion and avoidance crimes in Bangladesh which adversely
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Humans become Human? A Utilitarian Approach to Abortion The topic of abortion is possibly one of the more controversial topics in the bioethical world today. The major disputes regarding abortion occur over when‚ if at all‚ a foetus is considered a human being. Conversely‚ there is equal dispute over when exactly one could consider a foetus non-human‚ and whether or not that affects the morality of abortion as a whole. If we approach the topic of abortion through a utilitarian lens‚ the solution may
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1 Introduction Utilitarianism is a major position in normative ethics stemming from the late 18th and 19th century philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Contrary to the deontological approach to ethics that perceives morality as a duty or a moral rule that has to be followed‚ utilitarianism is a form of teleological ethics focussing on the consequences of actions meaning that the moral value of an action is solely determined by its outcome. Thus an action is considered right if it tends
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political influence declared by the nobility and projected that all humans were liberated to act in whatever way they choose. Human beings act as free agents to make contracts with other humans to fulfill their civic and social duties. The utilitarian approach asserts that humans are principally driven by the idea to maximize their pleasure and diminish pain. The basic principle of the classist school of thought claims that human beings are free in their will to take up criminal activities on the
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Tax Evasion in Pakistan (Small Business Sector) INTRODUCTION The development of any nation depends on the amount of revenue generated by the government for the provision of basic services to the nation. One major source of generating this revenue is taxation. According to Azubike (2009) tax is a major source of government revenue all over the world‚ including Nigeria. Income Tax Act of 1922: prevalent in undivided India was adopted by the Government of Pakistan as its Income Tax Law. Income
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ISLAMIC BUSINESS ETHICS Jamal A. Badawi‚ Ph.D. Saint Mary’s University‚ Halifax‚ N.S.‚ Canada I. INTRODUCTION There are nearly 1.3 Billion Muslims worldwide; about one fifth of the total world population. As is the case with any universal religion‚ a great cultural diversity does exist among them. Similarly‚ the extent of religious commitment and practice varies considerably between individuals and cultures. This poses a major challenge in attempting to deal with business ethics from
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To what extent does tax evasion affect the society? Word counts: 1510 words Introduction: The importance of the revenue to a country is well known in the world. The global financial system has more interconnections now than at any other time in history. (Simser.J‚ 2008‚ p.131). Tax evasion is one of most common crimes that damage the order of revenue. This is closely affecting the market economy and daily lives. Normally‚ most commentators consider tax evasion profoundly unethical
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| The Utilitarian‚ Libertarian and Rawlsian approach to Nestlé’s Ice Mountain Water | Justice Case Study Paper | | Rochelle Carlisle | 1/31/2013 | | Many people believe that water is just nothing‚ which in a way they are somewhat correct. Have you ever looked at the label on bottled water? What do you see or better yet what don’t you see. You don’t see numbers on the nutritional facts of bottled water because water is just that nothing‚ or is it? Water makes up about 70 percent
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When Oliver North was asked to explain why he lied to congressional committees about his role in the Iran-Contra affair‚ he replied‚ "Lying does not come easily to me. But we all had to weigh in the balance the difference between lies and lives." Elsewhere in his testimony‚ North was asked about the false chronology of events he fabricated when preparing a summary of the government’s involvement in arms sales to Iran: Questioner: . . . You have indicated that. . . in your own mind . . . it was a
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