Taxes – the Manifold Forms of the Monster

Administration Outsourcing is a specialist accounting firm that focuses on professional management accounting for businesses in Bangkok. Before you start your new business, it is essential to make a detailed Budget / Forecast to see what finance you need, how long the business may take to be profitable, what staff you need and what capital equipment you need to buy, the business’s ability to pay for this, and many other questions. We can help you get off to a successful start. In this short article, wehope to present to you some of the different kinds of taxes different states require to be paid.

The Different Kinds of Taxes

A property tax (or millage tax) is a levy on property that the owner is required to pay. The tax is levied by the governing authority of the jurisdiction in which the property is located; it may be paid to a national government, a federated state, a county or geographical region, or a municipality.

A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases. The term "progressive" refers to the way the tax rate progresses from low to high, with the result that a taxpayer's average tax rate is less than the person's marginal tax rate.

A Pigovian tax (also spelled Pigouvian tax) is a tax levied on any market activity that generates negative externalities (costs not internalized in the market price). The tax is intended to correct an inefficient market outcome, and does so by being set equal to the social cost of the negative externalities.

A land/location value tax (LVT), also called a site valuation tax, split rate tax, or site-value rating, is a levy on the unimproved value of land. It is an Ad valorem tax that, unlike property taxes, disregards the value of buildings, personal property and other improvements.

A poll tax, also known as a head tax or capitation, is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount applied to an individual in accordance with the census (as opposed to a percentage of income, or any proxy for ability-to-pay). Head taxes were important sources of revenue for many governments from ancient times until the 19th century.

A fixed tax is a lump sum tax that is not measured as a percentage of the tax base (income, wealth, or consumption). Fixed taxes like a poll tax or sin tax are often considered regressive, but could have progressive effects if applied to luxury goods and services.

A sin tax is an excise tax specifically levied on certain goods deemed harmful to society, for example alcohol and tobacco, candies, drugs, soft drinks, fast foods, coffee, and gambling. However, these taxes have been criticized for burdening the poor and being part of a nanny state.

A regressive tax is a tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases. "Regressive" describes a distribution effect on income or expenditure, referring to the way the rate progresses from high to low, so that the average tax rate exceeds the marginal tax rate.

An inheritance or estate tax is a tax paid by a person who inherits money or property or a levy on the estate (money and property) of a person who has died. For historical reasons, the term death duty is still used colloquially (though not legally) in the UK and some Commonwealth countries.

What About Value Management?

Of course, taxes are only one side of the story. Truth is, we need to do more than just pay our taxes – that is where value companies come in. Remember: pay your taxes and increase your value. That is how things go in this world. Finding a good value management company, such as Value Management (Asia) inc Seoul Korea, is a good start to get things cracking.