A structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officers' quarters. [AfterTexas(from the fact that steamboat cabins were named after states and the officers' quarters were the largest).] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016...
How corrupt is Congress to write tax code that permits large companies to never pay income taxes? How does GE not pay taxes for 10+ years and brag about it? How can the GST curb corruption? How long can the IRS do an audit back to?
When I write an everything-you-need-to-know column, it’s not because I’m under any illusions that I’ve actually amassed all the information one could need on a topic. Instead, it’s just a meme. I’m either writing an in-depth primer on an issue (for instance, spending caps or...
How corrupt is Congress to write tax code that permits large companies to never pay income taxes? How does GE not pay taxes for 10+ years and brag about it? Why is that every country is under (external) debt? Why is there not even a single country with no debt? How can corruption ...
12-month extension of $20,000 instant asset write-off TheTreasury Laws Amendment (Accelerated Depreciation for Small Business Entities) Bill 2018has now passed through Parliament without amendment. The Bill makes changes to the tax law to extend by 12 months the period during which small businesses...
there is a sort of detachment, where concern for the other is switched off, and empathy may become merely an intellectual exercise, remaining squarely in the position of “getting, acquiring, a tool to obtain an objective even though a good one is met” (Shapiro2014, p. 279). Not all ...
motor vehicle Plant and machinery Others Rate (%) Initial Allowance Annual Allowance 20 20 20 14 20 10 As a result, the capital allowances provisions in the Income Tax Act 1967 which allows the taxpayers to write off the cost of an asset over four years, six years and eight years apply...
Vancouver police Chief Adam Palmer says a provincial report from the director of police services has ordered the city to restore $5.7 million to the department’s 2021 budget. Palmer says in a statement that the removal of that funding directly affected the number of police officers the de...
In a matter of seconds, artificial intelligence tools can now generate images, write your emails, create a presentation, analyze data and even offer meeting recaps. For about $20 to $30 a month, you can have the AI capabilities in many of Microsoft and Google’s work tools now. But are...
House and Senate Republican leaders have been struggling to decide if they’ll pass one package on the border, taxes and energy, or whether to do two bills that splits off taxes. To start the reconciliation process, Budget committees in both chambers have to write instructions that would both...