Accounting NOTES
Accounting NOTES
Accounting NOTES
ACCOUNTING
Media- banking terminology that refers to the basis of the transaction as in posting media.
BRS- an accounting tool used by the businesses and individuals to know the true balance of cash in the bank account
PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION
Fiscal adequacy- means that sources of revenue are sufficient to meet the government expenditures
Equality or Theoretical Justice- requires that the tax imposed must me proportionate to taxpayer’s ability to pay.
Administrative feasibility- demands that the law must be capable of convenient, just and effective administration
PURPOSES OF TAXATION
Primary purposes/fiscal purpose
- to take care of the basic needs of the citizens of the areas of health, education, safety, and protection
- to provide infrastructure for the conduct of commerce and industry.
Ex. Construction of schools, roads, bridges, public markets and hospitals.
Secondary purposes
- Regulatory – conveys that taxation is employed as a device od regulation or control by means of which certain
effects or conditions envisioned by the government may be achieved.
- Compensatory – signifies imposition or levying of taxes to attain some social and economic ends, irrespective of
whether the revenue is actually raised or not.
INCOME TAXATION
Two biggest classification of income taxpayers
a. Individuals
b. Corporation
RATE TO COMPUTE
Basic over Not over Tax Plus Of excess over
10,000 5%
10,000 30,000 5,000 10% 10,000
30,000 70,000 2,000 15% 30,000
70,000 140,000 8,500 20% 70,000
140,000 250,000 22,500 25% 140,000
250,000 500,000 50,000 30% 250,000
500,000 125,000 32% 500,000