BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Tax Rate
- the rate at which a tax is payable, usually expressed as a percentage
Wiktionary Definition for: Tax Rate
- A rate, usually a percentage rate, at which something is taxed.
Additional Resources
- Chevron's Tax Rate is 47 Percent -- With No Windfall Tax
- The Company: Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company. The Filing:Â FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 6, 2008. The Finding: Chevron earned pre-tax profits of $35.7 billion and paid $16.6 billion in income taxes for the nine-months ended September 30 -- an effective tax...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Marginal Tax Rate Calculator
- Knowing your income tax rate can help you calculate your tax liability for unexpected income, retirement planning or investment income. This tool helps you estimate your average tax rate, your current tax bracket, and your marginal tax rate for the current tax year.
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- MacBank conjures up tax rate of 15pc.
- May 26, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Macquarie Bank is in dispute with the Australian Taxation Office ATO about after-tax profits and low tax rates. Macquarie's management claims a tax rate of 25 per cent compared with the corporate norm...
- Research articles 2003-05-27
- Ireland's tax rate secure from EU interference; World Captive Forum.(10% corporate tax rate)(Brief Article)
- PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.-Regulatory, legislative and political changes in the European Union are unlikely to diminish Ireland's attractiveness as a captive domicile, a Dublin tax attorney says. The corporate tax rate of 10%-which is applied to captives that are based in Dublin's International Financial...
- Research articles 2001-11-26
- Canada's Corporate Tax Rate Among the World's Highest, but our GST Rate is Relatively Low, says KPMG's Annual Tax Rate Survey.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 26, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- The lowest corporate taxes among the developed economies are still to be found in the countries of the European Union, KPMG International's latest global corporate tax rate survey has found. TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 26, 2007 (CCNMatthews...
- Research articles 2007-06-26
- Supply-Side Economists Call for Roll-Back in Payroll Tax Rate to Stimulate Sputtering Economy
- News Advisory: "President Bush is right on course calling for an investor tax cut, but advocates of growth should embrace a payroll tax cut. We need a tax cut for labor and capital," said Club for Growth president Stephen Moore. "Congress should chop the payroll tax rate on...
- Research articles 2002-12-16
- Consider the Company Tax Rate Before Investing
- Saj Karsan submits: As we've discussed before, it is much easier to predict a company's operating earnings than it is its net income, due to changes in debt levels, interest rates, non-operating earnings, and one-time tax items which all affect the latter but not the former. When attempting to value...
- External links 2009-05-28
- Could the Top Tax Rate Reach 60%?
- Kurt Brouwer submits: The Tax Foundation totals all the various income tax increases and surcharges under consideration. It then ranks the impact on top taxpayers by state, assuming these increases become law by 2011. In 39 states, the combined tax rate could soon be well north of 50%....
- External links 2009-07-15
- Company tax rate of 30 per cent not the problem: Deloitte.
- Byline: Elizabeth Colman Mar 05, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Global accounting firm, Deloitte, believes that Australia's company tax rate is competitive. The Australian Government has ...
- Research articles 2006-03-05
- BART Board Lowers Property Tax Rate
- OAKLAND, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 27, 1998--The BART Board of Directors today lowered the transit district's property tax rate by 24 percent for the current fiscal year -- to 1.668 cents per $100 of assessed valuation from 2.2 cents.The property tax is levied in the three counties that form the BART District...
- Research articles 1998-08-27
- Nevada's Unemployment Tax Rate to Stay Same for 2003.
- By Ed Vogel, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 19--The unemployment tax rate will remain at an average of 1.29 percent of workers' wages in 2003, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation decided Monday. The tax...
- Research articles 2002-11-19
- Voluntary Tax Rate, Mandatory 'Use Tax' Are New for '02 Filing.
- By Dolores Kong, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 23--Massachusetts taxpayers will notice two new line items on Form 1 this year, one asking if they want to voluntarily pay at a higher income tax rate of 5.85 percent, and...
- Research articles 2003-02-23
- A New Summary Measure of the Effective Tax Rate on Investment
- This paper derive explicitly how revenue figures can be used to construct an estimate of the true effective tax rate on capital income, and how this measure and existing measures are affected by several factors, including resale of assets churning, risk, pure profits, debt finance and arbitrage, and choice of...
- White papers 2003-03-04
- Tax Planning: What's Your Marginal Tax Rate
- For financial planning purposes, it's important to know the marginal tax rate. Otherwise, you can't estimate how much of your raise or bonus you'll have left after Uncle Sam takes his cut or how to figure the after-tax cost of contributing more to your tax-deferred retirement plan.
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- Mimosa Mining Company: Reduction in Company Tax Rate.
- AQUARIUS PLATINUM LIMITED 13th December 2004 AQUARIUS PLATINUM LIMITED MIMOSA MINING COMPANY: REDUCTION IN COMPANY TAX RATE Aquarius Platinum Limited Aquarius or the Company is pleased to announce that following gazetting of the...
- Research articles 2004-12-13
- Ranked #6 Corporate Tax Rate
- Since the United States has the highest corporate income tax rate among the OECD nations, it's no wonder this factor was ranked high in importance by the respondents to Area Development's Corporate Survey. Corporate tax rate is considered one of the most important site selection factors for one...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Nevada Panel Calls for No Change on State Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate.
- By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--CARSON CITY, Nev.--A state panel on Friday recommended maintaining the current unemployment insurance tax rate for 2004 after being told that Nevada's economy continues to recover from a national slowdown....
- Research articles 2003-10-18
- Corporate tax rate hike prospect alarms retail. (Washington Watch)
- The prospects of a substantial one to 35% hike in corporate tax pose dilemmas to retailers. International Mass Retail Assn president Robert J. Verdisco warns that the tax increase would entail additional financial burden to companies and may result in escalating prices and possible layoffs. The US Congress and Senate...
- Research articles 1993-07-19
- First Consulting Group Reclassifies United Kingdom Operation for U.S. Tax Purposes; Reclassification Achieves Previously Anticipated 43 Percent Normalized Tax Rate
- LONG BEACH, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 7, 1999--First Consulting Group Inc. (Nasdaq:FCGI), a leading provider of operations improvement and information management services for the health care, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, Thursday announced that it has reclassified its United Kingdom UK subsidiary for U.S. tax purposes. The reclassification achieves the...
- Research articles 1999-01-07
- Upcoming vote on tax rate cuts.
- Upcoming House vote on tax rate cuts belies the long road ahead. House GOPers will rush through their rate cuts, $958-billion deal, under rules that limit the opposition from putting up much interference. But no such chance in the Senate, where Dems have...
- Research articles 2001-03-02
