Questions tagged [taxes]
Taxation consists of mandatory payments from taxpayers to the state.
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How can the way the council tax amount is calculated be changed?
I read recently, but forgot where, that someone is saying that the current system of how council tax is calculated isn't fair, and it should be a percentage of the property value.
I was wondering how ...
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Why are German local authorities taxing DoD employees, despite the protests of the US and of the German federal government?
There's a pretty long Stars and Stripes article on the matter of taxes on some DoD employees in Germany:
The U.S. contends the situation amounts to a treaty violation, but so far American officials ...
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How do businesses operating in multiple countries in the EU account for different tax rates in different countries?
How do all the different European Union countries maintain their different laws while being a part of the Schengen zone?
How much freedom is given to European countries to determine their own tax ...
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How much freedom is given to European countries to determine their own tax rates?
https://taxfoundation.org/top-individual-income-tax-rates-europe-2019/
According to this link, different European Union countries have different tax rates. But don't EU laws and the EU government in ...
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US Crypto Infrastructure Bill: Bad for privacy, but is it meant to generate revenue?
Per my understanding, the main consequence of bill for crypto is that it imposes a tax requirement on proof-of-stake validators, protocol devs etc, to report taxes on people who transact with the ...
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Why are African countries using direct and indirect taxation against their farmers to tax them at a rate twice as high than anywhere in the world?
Why are African countries using direct and indirect taxation against their farmers to tax them at a rate twice as high than anywhere in the world?
I found this in a research paper entitled Why kill ...
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Why did the U.S. government lower the funding of the IRS?
Also needed: better tax enforcement through restored and increased
funding of the IRS. An expert review of data released by the
Congressional Budget Office and the Treasury Department indicates that
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What is the reasoning behind duty free allowances?
Most countries allow travellers (whether visitors or returning travellers) to import stated limits of goods, alcohol and tobacco into the country free of duty and tax.
What is the reasoning behind ...
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Why are the "Single" and "Married Filing Separately" tax brackets slightly different for high earners?
I just noticed a slight discrepancy between the US Federal tax brackets for Single filers and those for Married Filing Separately.
From this Morgan Stanley pdf:
These are identical up to the last tax ...
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Do people without children spend longer time in retirement homes?
This came up when discussing the 'Pflegereform' in Germany. Everyone has to pay a proportion of their income and this tax is used to help pay for the cost of retirement homes for old people. The ...
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What are some mechanisms that can be used by the EU to force countries to abide by a minimum tax rate?
https://nltimes.nl/2021/06/06/netherlands-favor-g7-plan-eliminate-tax-havens
Vijlbrief also said he is working on implementing the agreement as
soon as possible in the EU. The G7 countries all ...
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Biden's goal is 15% minimum tax rate, when Corporate Tax is already higher?
I do not understand the Biden Corporate Minimum Tax Rate proposal. Biden wants to set it at 15% per this article and few others.
However, the minimum corporate tax rate is already 21%. Wikipedia ...
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Is Biden's assumption that the Capital Gains Tax increased on April 28, 2021 an ex post facto law?
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Biden's budget appears to assume that the capital gains tax increased on April 28, 2021. The article states that whether this is true depends on whether ...
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How is Switzerland able to maintain low tax levels?
Looking at the countries with the lowest tax rate we can see many countries that derive their riches from oil supplies and thus can afford to have a low income tax rate and a low VAT rate. But there ...
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Is this WA tax with an opt-out option unique in the world?
Washington State recently introduced a new tax which has the unusual property of allowing a one-time opt out if you purchase private insurance instead:
Under current law, you have one opportunity to ...
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