Taxation of Corporate Taxpayers vs. Income from Partnerships: Criteria and Examples

Taxation of Corporate Taxpayers vs. Income from Partnerships

Criteria

Centralized management:

A corporation is typically represented by its officers, not by the shareholders.

A partnership is typically represented by its partners or one partner elected by the partners.

Limitation of liability:

The shareholders in a corporation cannot be held liable for the corporation’s debts.

The partners in a partnership can be held liable for the partnership’s debts even though limitations on the liability may be

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Federico Echevarria’s Rally-Protest Speech in Favor of Protectionism

1. INTRODUCTION

The text we analyze is a fragment of the rally-protest speech that the Basque businessman Federico Echevarria gave in Bilbao on December 9, 1893 in favour of protectionism.

As regards the origin, it is a primary source. As regards the form, it is a public meeting/rally, then it is a narrative text; in the content, it is an economical text.

The text is addressed to the Government and to businessmen, therefore it is a public text.

The main objective of Echevarria was to eliminate free

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Professional Ethics and Responsibilities in Engineering

Module 3 //

Codes of Ethics :

A professional association is a non-profit organization that offers membership to practitioners of a particular profession. It provides an organized platform for the professionals and helps them increase their skills. The members in such organizations are expected to meet certain criteria and also to adhere to rules and regulations, i.e. codes of ethics.

  • Protection of public safety, health, and welfare
  • Actively discouraging bribery and plagiarism
  • Practicing no discrimination
  • Dissemination
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Understanding Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks

Define Patent

A patent for an invention is the grant of property rights to the inventor, issued by the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. Generally, the term of a new patent is 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the U.S or, in special cases, from the date an earlier related application was filed, subject to the payment of maintenance fees. The right conferred by the patent grant is “the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling”

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Islamic Family Law: Dower, Marriage, Paternity, and Guardianship

1. Dower
The dower is the financial gain which the wife is entitled to receive from her husband by the virtue of marriage. It is also called Mahr. It may be settled before marriage, at the time of marriage, or after the marriage. The right of the wife to dower becomes complete on the consummation of marriage. The amount of dower may be increased after the marriage.
2. Definition of dower:
Fatawe-e-Almgiri

It is an obligation imposed by the law on the husband as a mark of respect for the wife.
Mulla:
Dower
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Children’s Rights: A Comprehensive Overview of the UN Convention

Be recognized

: A child is recognized as a person under the age of 18, unless national laws recognize an earlier age of majority. ARTICLE 2

Non-discrimination

: All rights apply to all children without exception. It is the State’s obligation to protect children from any form of discrimination and to take positive action to promote their rights. ARTICLE 3

Adequate care

: A child is recognized as a person under the age of 18, unless national laws recognize an earlier age of majority. ARTICLE 4

Implementation

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