As the federal government seeks ways to stimulate our economy and reduce our national debt, understanding public attitudes on the role and size of government and the taxes that support it is important. This thesis evaluates how US public opinion towards government and taxes has changed from 1990 to the present, and analyzes several potential causes for changes that have occurred. It is intended to be an update of William G. Mayer’s 1992 book entitled The Changing American Mind, which analyzed changing public opinion from 1960-1988. In following his analysis, the causes I have analyzed are generational replacement, fiscal and economic indicator data, and important political events. Through and examination of public polling data from the last twenty years, I have concluded that attitudes fluctuated relatively mildly on these issues since 1990. My analysis reveals that generational replacement exerted little influence on opinions. However, analysis also reveals that major changes in fiscal and economic indicator data and various major policy initiatives induced the greatest swings in public opinion of the last two decades. I believe that these changes reflect that American aggregate opinion remains constructed on a post-Ronald Reagan ideological foundation, whose features include an inherent suspicion of government and resistance to taxes. Understanding this is crucial to understanding the nation’s political trajectory.

The topic of this thesis is comparison of income taxation of companies and their shareholders or partners in Czech republic and other EU countries. For purposes of this thesis Czech legislation is compared to legislation of Slovak republic and Netherlands. The aim of the thesis is to give a complex overview and comparison of different tax legislations. The reason for choosing this topic is that knowledge of tax burden in particular country is important for making a decision where to start a company. The thesis is divided into an introduction, five chapters and a conclusion. First chapter is divided into several subchapters. These subchapters delimitate particular aspects of income tax in Czech republic. This delimitation is important for understanding concepts of individual and corporate taxation. Czech tax legislation on income of general partnership, limited partnership, private limited company and public limited company and on income of their partners and shareholders is analyzed in chapter two. Third chapter examines issue of international double taxation on income. Different types of methods and precautions used as prevention of double taxation are explained in this chapter. One subchapter is dedicated to international tax treaties and their importance on income taxation. Forth chapter...

Hong Kong is considered to be the most economically free country in the world, but also has the highest amount of income inequality of any developed country. The Hong Kong government is able to sustain laissez faire policies due to its monopoly on land supply. Maintaining high property values allows the government to maximize revenue from property tax, which acts as a hidden tax. A major contributor to income inequality is the formation of oligopolies in Hong Kong that creates an anticompetitive environment. The interests of the government and oligarchs are aligned as both obtain significant portions of revenue from the property sector. As globalization makes Hong Kong even more vulnerable to external shocks, the government faces the challenges of increasing competition, diversifying its revenue streams, and closing the income gap while standing by its principles in order maintain regional competitiveness as an international business hub.

1 Summary This thesis deals with the issue of international double taxation of income and capital and methods for its solution. International double taxation is an issue which states began to deal with in the late 19th century. This interest intensified after the First World War when also the League of Nations (predecessor of the United Nations) began to deal with international double taxation. Most attention the phenomenon of double taxation of income and capital with an international element, however, started to receive after World War II as a result of post-war development of international relations, trade, communication technologies and increasing globalization. In today's globalized world where the economies of nations are highly interconnected through economic activities of their members and activities of economic entities often extends beyond the boundaries of the states of their residence the issue of double taxation is very frequent and constantly becoming increasingly important. When the economic activity of the taxpayer exceeds the boundaries of the state of his residency, which is already quite common, such entity will be subject to the tax jurisdiction of several states whose tax laws are generally not compatible and vice versa conflict with each other. The collision without the intervention of...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:25:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DIR - Elidie P Bifano.pdf: 1112653 bytes, checksum: cd872144e22a7ef2f3130a605b5b6c40 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-11-07 / Throughout the centuries, money has continued to play a vital role in the economy of countries and the development of their peoples. Thanks to its generic nature, money is the physical means whereby the classic functions of currency are met. Among these, is the value reserve, enabling gains and savings. A consequence of this function is the demand for, and offer of, money, transforming it into a merchandise of crucial importance in today s society. Countries become involved in the process of protecting their money and, thus, the financial market is born and prospers. Two clearly defined segments represent the financial market: the fixed income market and the variable income market. Here, the players are the investors who, as owners of the money, apply it to gain a profit, the investees who need the money and pay for it, and the intermediaries who bring these parties together, these last being the financial institutions and the stock and commodities exchanges. In today s world, the business of money has no nationality, and is performed through complex contracts, some of them globally effective, but many of them ill-protected by the law. Increasingly, financial business and the ensuing gain attract the governments of countries, while simultaneously generating a forceful tax competition between them. The aim of this study is to analyze the judicial business processed in the financial market, the compensation arising from such business, and the regulations that govern the related taxation of income in Brazil / O dinheiro tem desempenhado, ao longo dos tempos, função essencial na economia e no desenvolvimento dos povos. O dinheiro, bem fungível, é o instrumento físico pelo qual se atendem às funções clássicas da moeda, dentre elas a reserva de valor, que permite o entesouramento e a poupança. Em decorrência dessa função, nasce a busca e a oferta de dinheiro, tornado mercadoria de fundamental importância na sociedade moderna. Os Estados nacionais envolvem-se na proteção do dinheiro: nasce e fortifica-se o mercado financeiro. O mercado financeiro opera sob dois diferentes segmentos, bem definidos: o mercado da renda fixa e o mercado da renda variável. Seus atores são os Investidores, aqueles que possuindo dinheiro, buscam aplicá-lo com o objetivo de lucro, os tomadores, aqueles que necessitam do dinheiro e pagam para tanto e os agentes que permitem a essas partes se encontrarem, as instituições financeiras e as bolsas de valores e mercadorias. Os negócios de dinheiro, hoje, não têm mais pátria, se fazem através de contratos complexos, alguns globalmente utilizados, muitos deles inadequadamente colhidos pelo direito. A remuneração gerada pelos negócios financeiros atrai, cada vez mais, os Estados, gerando, inclusive, forte concorrência tributária entre eles. Este estudo tem por objetivo analisar os negócios jurídicos processados no mercado financeiro, a remuneração por eles gerada e as regras que orientam sua tributação, pelo imposto sobre a renda, no Brasil

Final qualifying work (master's thesis) is devoted to the study of theoretical and practical aspects of tax control over the taxation of income of individual entrepreneurs. The subject of the study are the economic relations that develop in the tax authorities in the process of organizing control over the taxation of income of individual entrepreneurs. The main purpose of the master's thesis is to study the theoretical aspects of tax control, analysis of the control work of the IFNS of Russia in the Upper Iset district of Yekaterinburg for the taxation of income of individual entrepreneurs and on this basis to identify problems and consider measures aimed at improving the efficiency of tax control of the inspection. / Выпускная квалификационная работа (магистерская диссертация) посвящена исследованию теоретических и практических аспектов налогового контроля за налогообложением доходов индивидуальных предпринимателей. Предметом исследования выступают экономические отношения, складывающиеся у налоговых органов в процессе организации контроля за налогообложением доходов индивидуальных предпринимателей. Основной целью магистерской диссертации является изучение теоретических аспектов налогового контроля, анализ контрольной работы ИФНС России по Верх-Исетскому району г. Екатеринбурга за налогообложением доходов индивидуальных предпринимателей и на этой основе выявление проблем и рассмотрение мероприятий, направленных на повышение эффективности налогового контроля рассматриваемой инспекции.

The aim of this thesis on the topic of the International double taxation of individuals is to offer particular point of view on this issue to the reader and make him acquainted with some current problems related to international taxation of income. The first chapter is focused on czech income tax, especially on taxation of individuals with its goal to define basic terms. Next chapter is concentrated on term double taxation and describes main reasons for its existence. Concurrently are described unilateral and international measures to eliminate double taxation of income and also methods for elimination of double taxation. Afterwards this thesis attends to bilateral international tax conventions and its evolution and interpretation. Considering the fact that majority of all concluded tax conventions are inspired by OECD model tax convention, the third chapter of this thesis is focused on the importance of the OECD model and its commentary for interpretation and application of bilateral international tax conventions. The last and main part of this thesis analyses several sorts of income in the same manner as they are categorized in OECD model tax convention. With respect to OECD model's classification of income from independent personal services as business profits, more attention is paid to this...

Many multinational firms, notably Apple Inc., have engaged in increasingly aggressive tax planning strategies which shift billions of dollars overseas. This paper examines the problem through a case study of Apple, concluding that while many loopholes are utilized, aggressive transfer pricing of intangible assets is the root of the problem. Several solutions are examined before concluding that the best solution is a partial elimination of deferral in the form of a minimum payout share.

The draft for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Directive in the European Union includes the suggestion for an apportionment formula which allocates taxable group profits to group member corporations. These allocated profits shall then be taxed in the respective Member States. The draft directive delegates the right to define one factor of the apportionment formula, the term "Employee" to the Member States, who are therefore free to choose a narrow or a broad definition, the latter including also atypical employment schemes. Using a game-theoretic approach the paper shows that the individually rational strategy of any Member State to define "Employee" broadly so as to maximize the volume of the apportionment factor and thus maximize the allocated share of taxable income is only the best solution when tax rate differences and differences in the volume of atypical employment schemes are disregarded. If such differentials and the corporate groups' reactions to different Member States' definitions are included in modelling the game's pay-offs a narrow definition of "Employee" yields the highest individual pay-offs to the Member States involved. This change of dominant strategies is triggered by the corporate group's shifting of the employment factor from high-tax to low-tax Member States. Our paper differs from previous research on the economic effects of the CCCTB apportionment formula as it is the first paper identifying and analysing the employment factor and its distorting effects. The paper discusses possible tax minimizing strategies for corporate groups by shifting workforce and develops a model to quantify these potential relocations. Furthermore the paper presents advice to policy makers in their "Employee" definition decision and shows how Member States could use this definition to both minimize outward factor shifting and maximize inward factor shifting.(authors' abstract) / Series: WU International Taxation Research Paper Series

This master´s thesis concerns optimalization of company taxation. The aim is, through analysis of the company KHF GROUP, s.r.o., suggest steps to optimalization of taxation.