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Accenture Reports Strong Second-Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results

Accenture reported strong financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2011, ended Feb. 28, 2011, with net revenues of $6.05 billion, an increase of 17 percent in U.S. dollars and 18 percent in local currency over the same period last year and exceeding the company’s guided range of $5.6 billion to $5.8 billion.

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Question: How many of you would support tax rates like the ones in Australia, state your party.?

Tax rates 2010–11

Taxable income
Tax on this income

0 – $6,000 Nil

$6,001 – $37,000 15c for each $1 over $6,000

$37,001 – $80,000 $4,650 plus 30c for each $1 over $37,000

$80,001 – $180,000 $17,550 plus 37c for each $1 over $80,000

$180,001 and over $54,550 plus 45c for each $1 over $180,000

for those who love sources.

http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.asp?doc=/content/12333.htm

(Bonus Question)

Do you consider Australia to be Socialist?
@ Malign Cast,

Most of Europe is Socialist. In fact, I’m having a hard time of thinking of one country in Europe that isn’t socialist.
@ Malign

Either you don’t know what socialism is, or you are misinformed. They are socialist. In fact they call them selves, Democratic Socialist.

Study them. Start with France, Denmark, Germany, etc.. which ever one you want.

Answer: Ok… I am an australian..

and to those that question progressive taxes… or to those that think progressive taxes aren’t fair… I have a Question that I wish to direct to you….

Lets take two people.. and for the ease of mathematics.. we will give them simple figures to work out …

Person one earns $10 per day
Person Two earns $100 per day.

A loaf of Bread costs $3.00
A quart of milk costs $2.00

So that ONE loaf of bread costs person one 30% of their daily income
the same loaf of bread costs person one 3% of their daily income

the quart of milk costs person one 20% of their daily income
the same quart of milk costs person two 2% of their daily wage…

If you reason that progressive taxes are unfair and unequal.. DO YOU ALSO think that it is unfair and unequal that people living on the lowest incomes are paying a higher percentage for the STAPLES OF LIFE ??

Yes they are also paying a higher % for non-staples.. BUT that’s another issue and I haven’t really got an issue with that… if you WANT something you have to pay for it..

SOME THINGS however you NEED and is it really fair that poor people actually pay a higher percentage for those things ?

THAT is why a progressive tax IS actually MORE equalising and more fair.. and It works..

trust me , I live here.

As for being socialistic.. well if you consider North Korea to be Democratic because it’s in it’s full title.. then off course we are socialistic…

BUT ….people still can come from nothing and become multi-millionares ….
it’s not socialism in the *DIRTY* sense of the word… BUT I don’t expect many americans to understand that.

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U.S. Master Tax Guide, 2009 $5.50 CCH’s U.S. Master Tax Guide (MTG) provides helpful and practical guidance on today’s federal tax law. This 92nd Edition reflects all pertinent federal taxation changes that affect 2008 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals and business income tax. The 2009 MTG contains timely and precise explanation of federal income taxes for individuals, partnershi…

Make plans for tax hikes–they’re coming: methods available to accelerate income into 2010 should be considered because the rates may never be this low again.: An article from: Franchising World $9.95 This digital document is an article from Franchising World, published by International Franchise Association on February 1, 2010. The length of the article is 1820 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Make plans for tax …

Just Published: National Underwriter Offers Tax Advisors Expert Analysis of the Impact of the Recently Passed Tax …

Tax and insurance advisors looking for answers on how the new Tax Relief Act of 2010 will impact their clients are finding them in The National Underwriter Company’s just-published Selected Provisions and Analysis of the Tax Relief Act of 2010. Â The proprietary analysis is the only practitioners’ guide in Q&A format that answers the most critical questions asked by clients on insurance, estate …

State Unemployment Tax Rate 2010, 2011

Question: Can someone explain this article to me? I thought that Obama was giving us tax cuts?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/INSIDE-WASHINGTON-Rude-apf-15091434.html?.v=1

I thought that anyone making under $250k a year was going to get a tax break…

“Obama has touted the tax credit as one of the big achievements of his first 100 days in office, boasting that 95 percent of working families will qualify in 2009 and 2010.

The credit pays workers 6.2 percent of their earned income, up to a maximum of $400 for individuals and $800 for married couples who file jointly. Individuals making more $95,000 and couples making more than $190,000 are ineligible.

The tax credit was designed to help boost the economy by getting more money to consumers in their regular paychecks. Employers were required to start using the new withholding tables by April 1.

The tables, however, don’t take into account several common categories of taxpayers, experts said.”

What is going on?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson once quipped that a government large enough to provide everything is also powerful enough to take it all away. Obama and the Democrats are growing the government. The government giveth and the government taketh away.

Teletouch Reports Second Quarter 2011 Fiscal Year Results

Teletouch Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: TLLE), a leading U.S. wireless services, cellular, consumer electronics and public safety equipment provider, reported its consolidated results on Form 10-Q and announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2010.

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Pennsylvania’s Electronic Income Tax Filing Systems Now Available

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The more than 6.1 million Pennsylvania taxpayers who file annual state personal income tax returns may now begin filing electronically for the 2010 tax year.

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Question: How can I get and estimate of what my tax return will be?

I am trying to figure out approximately how much my tax return will be for next year. Does anyone know of any websites I can go to? Or do I just have to wait til tax time?

Answer: H & R Block has a 2006 Tax Estimator calculator. If you have your most recent pay stub, you can probably get a pretty close estimate.

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The elasticity of taxable income during the 1990s: new estimates and sensitivity analyses.: An article from: Southern Economic Journal $9.95 This digital document is an article from Southern Economic Journal, published by Southern Economic Association on October 1, 2010. The length of the article is 15963 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the author: JEL Classification: H…

Who pays the marriage penalty?: New estimates by congressional district and state (Report of the Heritage Center for Data Analysis) The House and Senate tax-writing committees will try again this year to develop legislation to reform the marriage penalty in the tax code. The challenge is to craft a measure that Congress can pass and the President can sign. Last year, President Bill Clinton vetoed the Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act, which contained $117 billion in marriage penalty relief over the next 10 years. The veto forced …

Avanti Mining Announces Kitsault NPV Increases to US$798 Million (After Tax) in Final Feasibility Study

VANCOUVER, BC–(Marketwire – 12/20/10) – Avanti Mining Inc. (TSX-V: AVT – News ) (“Avanti”) is pleased to release the results of the NI 43-101 Feasibility Study (“FS”) prepared by AMEC on its 100% owned Kitsault Molybdenum property in northwest British Columbia, Canada. The complete report will be filed on SEDAR and Avanti’s web site, www.avantimining.com , within 45 …

How to Avoid Capital Gains Tax in 2010, 2011