VAT Special Regimes: Agriculture and Equivalence Charge

Monthly Return

The 2008 reform introduced the option for a monthly settlement period. The conditions or requirements are:

  • Be registered in the Tax Agency’s monthly returns register.
  • Be current on tax obligations.

Consequences:

  1. A monthly settlement period in which a refund can be claimed.
  2. Filing self-assessment electronically.
  3. Filing an information record book.

Special Schemes

1. Agriculture System

Its regulation is in article 124. It refers to the primary sector of the economy, and waiver applies unless otherwise

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Airline Finance: Funding Sources and Financial Statements

Airline Finance

Sources of Funds

Internal Sources:

  • Net Earnings
  • Depreciation
  • Deferred Taxes

External Sources:

  • Debt Financing
  • Equity Financing
  • Leasing
  • Vendor Financing
  • Venture Capital

Net Earnings

The best and most desired source of funds is net earnings.

  • Net earnings = Gross revenues – (taxes + interest + depreciation + other expenses)

If it is a publicly traded company with floating stocks in the capital market, then the company’s board of directors decides how much of the earnings should go to owners (stockholders)

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Economic Principles: GDP, Growth, Fiscal Policy, and Trade

Chapter 8: GDP

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the dollar amount of all final goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a year. It is a monetary measure and avoids multiple counting by only including final goods (excluding intermediate goods).

Formula: GDP = C + Ig + G + Xn

  • C (Personal Consumer Expenditure): Spending by households on goods and services.
  • Ig (Gross Private Domestic Investment): Net private domestic investment plus depreciation.
  • G (Government Purchases): Government spending
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Estimating and Costing: Methods, Formats, and Examples

Estimating and Costing Definitions

  • Estimating: It is the process of calculating the approximate quantity of materials, labor, and cost required for a project before starting the work.
  • Costing: It is the process of calculating the total expenditure of a project based on the estimated quantities, including material cost, labor cost, and other expenses.

Modes of Measurement in Construction

Item

Mode of Measurement

a) Brickwork

Measured in cubic meters (m³) for walls and structures.

b) Skirting

Measured

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State Intervention in the Economy: Types and Impacts

The State’s Role in the Economy

The state intervenes to correct injustices, inefficiencies, and imbalances to increase social welfare.

Reviews of the Economic Role of the State

  • Neoliberals: Advocate for a reduction in the public sector, arguing that state intervention has negative effects on the economy.
  • Keynesians: Support public intervention in the economy.

Objectives of Public Intervention

  • Efficiency: Maximum use of resources.
  • Distributional Equity:
    • Horizontal: Equal opportunities and treatment of persons.
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Understanding IS-LM Model & Key Economic Concepts

Key Economic Concepts

Income: All the profits that are added to the total budget of an entity, public or private. Income encompasses the monetary and non-monetary elements that accumulate and consequently generate a consumption-profit cycle.

Interest Rate: The price that must be paid to obtain money once a loan is approved. It is expressed as a percentage; the more money requested, the higher the interest.

Nominal Interest Rate: The interest rate before taking inflation into account.

Real Interest Rate:

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