However, over time, state sales tax codes usually are slapped with flagrant fouls from special interests.
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"They play the tax codes one against the other, " Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton told national broadcaster RTE.
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Another example of how criminals change tax codes is the 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) initiative.
The growing number of affluent people working overseas is a factor, as are changing tax codes, especially in some euro-stressed countries.
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Again, tax codes that are effective revenue generators appeal to investors who might otherwise deploy their capital in more productive concepts.
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Policy makers need to ensure that tax codes and other regulations do not disadvantage physical booksellers compared to those who sell online.
He said Britain had "one of the most complex and opaque tax codes in the world" and it needed to be simplified.
Taking advantage of industrial-age tax codes, these multinational giants are leveraging the digital realities of today's global economy to run rings around local tax collectors.
Mrs (now Lady) Thatcher and Reagan slashed top rates and eliminated many deductions, creating tax codes with lower marginal rates on a much broader tax base.
Most state governments realize that that their local tax codes are outdated, inefficient and unsuitable in the face of the contemporary changes in retail purchases via the Internet.
Europe has been in a long process of tax reform since the 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan led the way with sweeping changes to their tax codes.
After half a century of bringing their own tax codes increasingly into alignment with the federal one--essentially piggybacking on federal rules--the states are starting to go their own way.
Since mobility of income is rising with rapidly changing skills, smartphone commuting, and globally minded careers, so too must our state and local tax codes fit to those work conditions.
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There is no evidence that individual or corporate tax rates, under the tax codes of the last few decades, play significant roles in determining the value of particular long-term investments.
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For example, in some countries, individual social-security numbers or tax codes are now used by government agencies as unique identification numbers to control access to health care or higher education.
Governors, along with many state House and Senate leaders, are starting to realize that their best economic development policies must soon come from tax codes that fit the future of our communities.
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The states in the compact would agree to simplify and harmonize their tax codes in exchange for the right to collect the use tax on purchases by residents of their states from outside retailers.
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Most income tax codes in America are rigged so that your tax liability always grows faster than your income by kicking you into higher tax brackets or by taking away deductions when you reach a certain income level.
Mr Loureiro believes the way forward for Portugal is to focus on simplifying its corporate and income tax codes and bringing at least part of the non-taxpaying "black economy", estimated to account for more than 20 per cent of total output, into the system.
The resulting scandals put off well-meaning donors who did not like the insinuations that stuck to anyone who gave money to politicians, leaving the parties too reliant on a small group of businessmen whose enthusiasm for politics was matched by their fondness for the tax codes of Monaco and Belize.
The company wins by receiving more power over things such as building codes and tax-free bonds, while the local government saves money on providing infrastructure.
The highest AGI ZIP codes (and lowest tax rates) are dominated by Manhattan office buildings.
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For example, it has already put in place new computer codes to reject claims with a nonqualifying vehicle year and for the 2011 tax year (not for returns filed this year) it will require credit claimers to list the 17 character alpha-numeric vehicle identification number (VIN) .
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