Introduction:
I’ve summed up the introduction of Taxation to these slight words. Taxation is defined as a way that the government able to generate or collect revenue from the citizen of one’s nation through different sources. As what I’ve learned from Taxation course that there are two types of taxation, direct which are paid by the taxpayer directly to the government, and indirect which are collected by an intermediary (like a retail store) from the consumer. The intermediary who will file the tax return later and forward the amount of the money to the government with the return. This tax is applicable to organizations and individuals. In this reflection, I would like to highlight what I learned of business and individual taxation, the experience on working with a group for the project and what challenges I faced and how I was able to get past.
Learning about individual and business taxation: When I went back to my notes that I took during the Taxation class and think about filing a tax return with IRS I see that there are a lot of similarities between individual tax and business tax. However, weighing individual and business tax on the same gauge will evince how much they are different from each other (Pack, n.d.). Individual taxation is a type of tax return filed by an individual for both single and married taxpayers whether they have dependents or not, they will file the tax returns on Form 1040. The Form 1040 indoctrinate tax filers for information on their filing status and number of dependents, the income section includes wages, salary, taxable interest, capital gains and other types of income. filers can claim deductions for expenses, education, moving expenses and many other categories.
In Taxation course I’ve learned how to do individual tax returns and calculate tax liabilities. We used different tax rates, gross income, calculate the federal income tax regulations, charitable deductions. For income tax topic which is designed to us to go more in-depth understanding of how it can affect individuals and businesses.
We’ve done a lot of exercises on how to figure income tax for individuals, partnerships, and businesses. Like for example for partnerships, Spouses who own a qualified entity in
period to complete each in-class quiz. Each quiz will be graded based on 50 points.
The single student could use the 1040EZ form. That form is meant for someone who has an uncomplicated tax return to file. The student who is married should use the 1040A form because they do not
4. The Federal income tax on corporations generates more revenue than the Federal income tax on individuals.
The issues of taxation
Income taxes- All income generated through a sole proprietorship is taxed by the Internal Revenue Service. This is reported on the owner's personal tax return.
John has income derived from a business and as such the gross income will be taxable. (Code §1.61-3(a)) This total amount of taxable income will pass through to his personal taxes since he has an LLC, meaning he will be subject to self
John has income derived from a business and as such the gross income will be taxable (Code §1.61-3(a)) (Tax Almanac, 2005). This $300,000 taxable income will pass through to his personal taxes and is subject to self employment tax since he has an LLC. He
Federal tax rates on corporate taxable income vary from 15% to 35%. State and local taxes and rules vary by jurisdiction, though many are based on Federal concepts and definitions. Taxable income may differ from book income both as to timing of income and tax deductions and as to what is taxable. Corporations are also subject to a Federal Alternative Minimum Tax and alternative state taxes. Like individuals, corporations must file tax returns every year. They must make quarterly estimated tax payments. Controlled groups of corporations may file a consolidated return. Partnerships have flow-through taxation which means that the entity does not pay taxes on its income. Instead, the owners of the entity pay tax on their "distributive share" of the entity's taxable income, even if no funds are distributed by the partnership to the owners. Estates and nongrantor trusts must file income tax returns just as individuals do, but with some important differences. For one, their income is taxed at either the entity or beneficiary level depending on whether it is allocated to principal or allocated to distributable income, and whether it is distributed to the beneficiaries. And because their exemption amounts, tax brackets and related thresholds haven’t been indexed for inflation or modified for tax relief to the extent those for individuals have, they can be
Tax Classification (If you drive your own vehicle and work for yourself your tax classification will be "Individual/Sole Proprietor")
Tax system is a legal system of imposing and collecting taxes from the citizens of the country. As it has been stated by Albert Einstein, the hardest task in the world is to understand the tax system of a country. The United States’ tax system is so complicated that its tax code contains almost 3 million words and 6,000 pages. Moreover, the taxes implied by city and state governments add more complexity to the federal taxation system. In this case, we do not need to understand the complexity of tax code system in order to get acquainted with the significant role of taxes in American society.
Breaking down self-employment tax can be classified into two realms. First being in the form of an individual’s income derived by their trade or business and the second being the income or loss by the individual’s partnership of said trade or business. This self employment tax is levied on income in excess of $400 and is in exclusion of real estate rentals, dividends, interest, capital gains tax,
This paper further puts light on the fact that how taxes in regards to small businesses should be lower and whatever taxes are imposed must be paid-up on time. The tax policy should be designed in such a way that it fosters entrepreneurship rather than compensating intrusive tax outlining. Wherever feasible some recommendation has been put forward to streamline the tax plans on small businesses in order to fit taxation system from the frame of Business workouts in this modern era.
The information that I am currently learning right now in my tax class will help greatly as I
Taxation systems are usually modeled in such a way that they take into consideration the social welfare of the citizens. The government and other policy makers have the responsibility of ensuring that the system takes into account the needs of the citizens. The bottom line is that taxation should foster equal distribution of resources. The rate of taxation is usually arrived at after several considerations have been made. The rates are not fixed as they depend on the various economic changes. The issue of how taxation should be distributed among the different economic classes is yet to be addressed.