Government And Taxation Flashcards

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Republic

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Republic is the rule where some or all of the people control over a government

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Monarchy

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It rule by an individual who passes power over his heir

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Constitutional monarchy

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It is a rule where an monarch exists but their power have limited by constitution.

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Ideology

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Ideology is a set of ideas and idea that form a foundation of political or economic theory

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Planned economy

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Planned economy are those where a central authority(government) decide what will be produced and the industries that receive investment according to the central plan

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Unplanned economy

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Unplanned economy are those where economic decisions are determined by the interaction of buyer and sellers using price mechanism

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Laissez-faire economics

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Laissez-faire economics are market economics with no unnecessary interventions
They involves private ownership of resources and free market

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Command economics

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Command economy are strictly planned economics where all resources are owned by the state and production decision occur in accordance with central plan

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Mixed economics

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In mixed economics,resources may be owned by either private or public (government) enterprises
Production decisions may be market-based but there may be government intervention in those markets.

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Taxation system

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Progressive tax
Proportional tax
Regressive tax

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Progressive tax

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Increase the average rate of tax as the amount subject to taxation increases

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Proportional tax

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Sees the average rate of tax remain the same as the activity increase

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Regressive tax

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Occur when the average rate of tax falls as the amount subject to taxation increase.

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Purpose of government taxation

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Providing public good
Reallocation of resources
Redistribution of income

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Public good

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Private enterprise usually won’t provide public goods because it’s difficult /impossible to make people pay
Without payment,the private enterprise can’t make a profit ,so it avoid the market for that goods/services.

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Reallocation of resources

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Means to transfer the different economic resources from one industry to another

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Redistribution of income

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Transfer of incomes from one group of people to another.

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Government revenue

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The spending on all of programs that government puts in place to achieve their policy goals

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Infrastructures

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A form of public investment in system and capital that allow private investment to flourish

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General taxation

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Income tax
Business tax
Sales tax

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Accounting (word explanation)

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Preparing financial statements showing income and expenditure,assets and liabilities

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Managerial accounting

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Providing information that will allow a business to make decisions ,plan future operations and develop business strategies

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Creative accounting

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Using all available accounting procedures and tricks to disguise the true financial position of a company

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Auditing

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Inspecting and reporting on accounts and financial records

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Tax accounting
Calculating how much an individual or a company will have to pay to the local and national governments(and trying to reduce it to minimum)
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Cost accounting
Calculating all the expenses involved in producing something,including materials ,labour and all other expenses
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Bookkeeping
Write down the detail of transaction