[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: All Eyes on Slovakia's Flat Tax

Thu May 3 14:11:25 EDT 2007

Alpana-ji,

  Good to hear from you. Yes, I got that EIC and that showed later as total tax of negative 4.6% !!  So you seem to have through similar income levels -though long back.

  Thanks for the tip.

  Regards.

  Umesh

"Alpana B. Sarangapani" <absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:
      P  {  margin:0px;  padding:0px  }  body  {  FONT-SIZE: 10pt;  FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma  }    Hello Umesh-Ji:

You must have earned an EIC (Earned Income Credit) from the IRS. So, enjoy it! :)

People with a moderate income may earn this EIC, who may or may not be raising children. I know it because we qualified for it once upon a time.
                                                Workers who were not raising children in their
                                                home, were between ages 25 and 64 on
                                                December 31, 2006, and had income below
                                               $12,120 (or $14,120 for married workers) can
                                                get an EIC up to $412.
This (or any IRS site) has more information it - http://www.cbpp.org/eic2007/EIC_Facts_Text.pdf

    “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass”
  - Lakshmana

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  Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 05:03:55 +0100
From: jaipurschool at yahoo.com
To: assam at assamnet.org
Subject: [Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: All Eyes on Slovakia's Flat Tax

any good for India?
US tax seems better - I was charged a negative 4.6% tax. Infact the govt of USA gave me some extra money back!  How is that possible?

Umesh

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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:28:06 -0400 (EDT)
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   Q&A: All Eyes on Slovakia's Flat Tax   
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==============================   New on the Site  Q&A: All Eyes on Slovakia's Flat Tax  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5653.html
The flat tax is an idea that has burst to life in post-communist Eastern and Central Europe, especially in Slovakia. But is the rest of the world ready? A new Harvard Business School case on Slovakia's complex experience highlights many hurdles elsewhere, as HBS professor Laura Alfaro, Europe Research Center Director Vincent Dessain, and Research Assistant Ane Damgaard Jensen explain in this Q&A.

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Feeling "stuck," as psychologically painful as it is, is the first step to awareness of new opportunities in career and in life, says Harvard Business School's Timothy Butler. In this Q&A and excerpt from his new book, Getting Unstuck, he explains six steps for getting from here to there.

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