Penalty Taxes

Tax laws encourage you to save for your retirement. But these same laws penalize you severely if you don t follow the rules. Tax-deferred retirement savings are meant to be used during your lifetime and the lifetime of your qualified beneficiary. To avoid being penalized, you must not take out too much or too little, too soon or too late. These restrictions may encourage you to take out more than you need or less than you would like to. 

Early Withdrawal Penalty. There is a 10-percent penalty for taking money out of your tax-deferred retirement accounts before age 59-1/2. But there are two exceptions. One is if you retire at age 55 or later, are disabled, or die. The other is if you receive your money in a series of substantially equal periodic payments. If you choose this route, you must stay with the program at least five years or until you reach age 59-1/2. 

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Dow Fire and Explosion Index. The Dow Eire and Explosion Index (3) is a procedure usehil for determining the relative degree of hazard related to flammable and explosive materials. This Index form works essentially the same way as an income tax form. Penalties are provided for inventory, extended temperatures and pressures, reactivity, etc, and credits are appHed for fire protection systems, process control (qv), and material isolation. The complete procedure is capable of estimating a doUar amount for the maximum probable property damage and the business intermptionloss based on an empirical correlation provided with the Index. 

Hazards surveys This can be as simple as an inventory of hazardous materials, or it can be as detailed as the Dow indexes. The Dow indexes are a formal rating system, much like an income tax form, that provide penalties for hazards and credits for safety equipment and procedures. 

These contributions, in order to be deductible, must be paid by the last day of your taxable year, December 31 in most cases. For taxable years beginning after 1976, this requirement has been changed so that contributions may be made not later than the 45th day after the end of the taxable year and still be deductible for that taxable year. In addition these contributions must be in cash they may not be in property. There are times when an individual, by the last day authorized for making such contributions, does not have a complete picture of his total earnings for that year. Therefore, it is possible that he may contribute in excess of 15% of his earned income. If that were to occur, the individual would be able, prior to the due date of his return, to get back such excess contributions, plus interest on such excess, and thereby avoid a 6% excise tax penalty on the excess that was made. However, if the contributions are not returned, the employee is subject to the 6% excise tax penalty. 

Once an individual has established these plans, distribution provisions under these plans are restricted to the time at which they may commence. Distributions from an individual retirement account may not begin before an individual reaches age 59%. If distributions are made prior to that age, they are subject to a 10% premature distributions penalty in addition to being included in the individual s taxable income for that year. Furthermore, distributions may not be postponed beyond the taxable year in which the individual attains age 70%. So, in other words, between age 59% and 70% distributions may commence. Once distributions do occur, any amounts received under the plan are taxed as ordinary income includable in the individual s gross income for that year and are taxed at ordinary rates—no capital gains or special averaging is permitted. 

In order for the contributions to be deductible, payments for both cash and accrual basis taxpayer may be made no later than the due date of the income tax return. If a contribution is made in excess of the 15% or 7500 limitations, the excess is subject to a yearly 6% excise tax penalty until such excess contribution is fully utilized. Distributions under a Keogh Plan may not commence before an individual reaches age 59%, except for reasons of disability or death. Like the individual retirement account, distributions must commence no later than the taxable year in which the individual attains age 70%. 

Daily interruption cost— the cost associated with producing the final product. This could include raw material contract penalties and fixed costs (salary, maintenance, taxes) for the plant. 

TOTAL TAXES PENALTY AND INTEREST TO BE REMITTED WITH THIS RETURN (ADD LINES 23. 24 AND 25)... 

Sanchez argued that the 100 levy in the Marijuana Tax Act was really a penalty, not a tax. He argued that the law s purpose was not primarily to raise revenue but rather to regulate the sale of marijuana. 

Further, the Court did not really question the law s other intended effect—discouraging sale of marijuana by putting sellers between the rock of a federal tax and the hard place of numerous state laws that criminalized the sale of marijuana. They simply observed that federal tax law did not make the transfer of marijuana a criminal act but did impose a civil penalty. 

Following a discussion of the nine strategies, additional information on tapping your home equity for retirement living expenses, tools for estimating your spending level, and tax rules and penalties that affect your tax-deferred retirement accounts are discussed. All of these items are important to your Phase II planning. 

As you consider a spending plan for your retirement savings, you must be aware of several tax rules. A qualified tax accountant or attorney can guide you through this maze of taxes and penalties. 

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When the Marihuana Tax Act became law in 1937, it called for imprisonment of up to five years and/or a fine of 2000 as punishment for breaking each provision of the law. The length of the actual term and fine were left to the discretion of the court. These penalties and sentencing powers remained in force until 1951 when the Boggs Act became the new law of the land. 

For the various social groups (the government, labourers, tax payers, etc.) it has to be determined to what extent they consume the additional income out of a project and how much will be saved for reinvestment. Further a premium has to be allocated for the import savings, the increase in the use of unskilled labour and a penalty for the use of scarce skilled labour. Based on this information it can be calculated, whether the project is profitable for the various social groups and the country as a whole. 

CERCLA The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as Superfund. Enacted December 11, 1980, and amended thereafter, CERCLA provides for identification and cleanup of hazardous materials released over the land and into the air, waterways, and groundwater. It covers areas affected by newly released materials and older leaking or abandoned dump sites. CERCLA established the Superfund, a trust fund, to help pay for cleanup of hazardous materials sites. The EPA has the authority to collect cleanup costs from those who release the waste material. Cleanup funds come from fines and penalties, from taxes on chemical/petrochemical feedstocks, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. A separate fund collects taxes on active disposal sites to finance monitoring after they close. 

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