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As of July 1, 2010, the federal GST and the regional Provincial Sales Tax (PST) were 'harmonized' into a single value-added sales tax, called the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The HST came into effect in five of the ten Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia.
Amazon.com, Inc., [1] doing business as Amazon (/ ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /, AM-ə-zon; UK also / ˈ æ m ə z ə n /, AM-ə-zən), is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. [5]
The New York Times reported in February 2021 that: "Since 1933, the economy has grown at an annual average rate of 4.6 percent under Democratic presidents and 2.4 percent under Republicans...The average income of Americans would be more than double its current level if the economy had somehow grown at the Democratic rate for all of the past ...
[3] [4] Therefore, the top federal tax rate on long-term capital gains is 23.8%. State and local taxes often apply to capital gains. In a state whose tax is stated as a percentage of the federal tax liability, the percentage is easy to calculate. Some states structure their taxes differently.
Connecticut has a 6.35% sales tax, raised from 6 percent effective July 1, 2011, 6.25% to the state, 0% to the county and 0.1% to the city/town. [77] Most non-prepared food products are exempt, as are prescription medications, all internet services, all magazine and newspaper subscriptions, and textbooks (for college students only). [78]
the spouse or relatives in a direct line, the inheritance or donations tax is imposed at 4 percent on the value of the assets exceeding the tax-free threshold of €1 million (per heir) a sister and brother, the inheritance or donations tax is imposed at 6 percent on the value of the transfer exceeding €100,000 (per heir)
The price elasticity gives the percentage change in quantity demanded when there is a one percent increase in price, holding everything else constant. If the elasticity is −2, that means a one percent price rise leads to a two percent decline in quantity demanded.
A Pigouvian tax (also spelled Pigovian tax) is a tax on any market activity that generates negative externalities (i.e., external costs incurred by third parties that are not included in the market price). A Pigouvian tax is a method that tries to internalize negative externalities to achieve the Nash equilibrium and optimal Pareto efficiency. [1]