UK tax avoidance: mass protests coming

From UK Uncut:

"We’ve been a bit quiet. But we’ve been plotting. On Saturday December 4th there will be a day of national mass direct action against tax avoiders. Watch this space. More details soon."

(background is here.) They also note:

"Vodafone executives have admitted today that, rather than UK Uncut shutting down a “small number” of stores, as previously claimed, we in fact shut down almost ten per cent of their stores in October 30th, including several of the biggest ones.

Now from the Metro:

"Few details are available about what the protests will involve, but the group plans to use Twitter to alert its activists and new converts to the cause to where the demonstrations will take place. The Sunday Telegraph has named UK Uncut's leader as television producer Thom Costello and he told the newspaper the next demonstration will be on a 'significantly bigger scale' than anything the group has done before."

Excellent that people are now paying attention to this parasitic activity. It's also interesting to note that Costello is only 22 years old.

We will be watching this with great interest.

We should also point out, in this context, an excellent article from Nick Cohen in the Observer. Read the whole thing: it is well worth it.

"It shows that the Revenue is prepared to have one law for the wealthy and another for the rest and undermine the moral basis of the system over which it presides."

Cohen also puts paid to the propaganda from Vodafone and the British government that the six billion pounds of dodged tax is, as they put it, "an urban myth." Private Eye has the full details here. It is a sorry tale.

Finally, TJN has now done its own bit. We have stopped using Vodafone and moved - lock, stock and barrel - to the Phone Co-op.

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Framing tax discussions: new toolkit

An organisation called the Frameworks Institute has produced what may be something of an antidote to what it calls "uni-dimensional anti-tax messaging". It is

"a toolkit compendium of research on how Americans think about budgets and taxes, and how to increase public support for policies that support (reforms to the budgeting process and tax system. ) . . . effective communications can help engage the public in understanding budgeting and taxation, and improve support for progressive policy alternatives."

Interesting. It is framed for the United States, but doubtless has wider relevance. It is also quite involved, and we haven't yet fully digested its messages, but we will. Its main findings are presented in a separate document, entitled How to Talk About Budgets and Taxes: A FrameWorks MessageMemo.

Hat tip: Chris Jordan, ActionAid.

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Caymans says it is well regulated

The number of suspicious financial activity reports in the Caymans increased from 219 in government’s 2006/07 budget year to 358 in the fiscal year that ended as of 30 June. This was taken as a sign of increased vigilance and a clean-up.

We would note two things here. First, the Caymans Attorney General said that

"[It shows] this jurisdiction will be hostile to those who wish to use it…for money laundering and terrorist financing."

This is the same old story. Focus exclusively on the smaller-scale issues - money laundering and terrorist financing - and you get to leave the big money - tax evasion (and avoidance) -- alone. Second, the number 358 seems impressive - until you read Tax Research UK, which notes:

"Cayman is the fifth biggest financial centre in the world, and one where secrecy is paramount – with massive legal penalties to enforce it. London is a bigger financial centre, admittedly. And secrcy is still important. But there’s some indication of a difference in culture: Cayman had 358 SARs. We had 228,834 in the year to September 2009."

As the title of that blog rightly advises: don't make us laugh.

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Brazil gets tough on global pirate bankers

Jim Henry's book The Blood Bankers, published in 2005, is one of the best ever (and perhaps the best) investigative exposés of the blood and guts of the operations of global private banks (or pirate banks, as some call them) in developing countries. These institutions aggressively fostered and encouraged vast illicit financial flows, making large profits and leading to many countries being saddled with unsupportable debt, while their élites who had gorged on the borrowing salted away their winnings offshore. In Africa, the problem was bad enough, as this study indicates. In Latin America, the scale was far larger.

Henry's book mostly explores events in the 1980s and 1990s, but this latest story from Bloomberg shows how prevalent the practices remain. It is a superb story which looks at the case of Alexandre Caiado, who was raised attending country clubs and private schools in Curitiba, and was hired by Merrill Lynch so he could tap into his family contacts to gain new clients there. Caiado is now under arrest.

"Prosecutors charged Caiado with arranging illegal fund transfers for Merrill clients -- part of what has become a four- year investigation into bankers helping clients secretly move undeclared money abroad to evade Brazilian income taxes.
. . .
Caiado’s work at Merrill was part of a pattern in which bankers helped clients move undeclared money in and out of Brazil in ways that couldn’t be tracked by tax authorities, says Deltan Dallagnol, a prosecutor handling Caiado’s case."

Caiado says he was just following orders.

"Caiado says that when he worked for Merrill, his bosses encouraged him to transfer as much money as possible out of Brazil to generate more fees. . . . We all worked with undeclared money,” he says. “More transfers meant more money coming in for Merrill.”

And the guy is mystified why he is in the dock.

I kept trying to figure out what I did wrong,” says Caiado, in his first interview ever with journalists. “It was Merrill Lynch, one of the most respected places to work on the planet. They were emphatic about the fact that it was OK to transfer money abroad.. . . We were told by our superiors that if the client was evading taxes or breaking the law, it was their problem, not ours.”

And here, in these comments, we see how just very far the world has fallen since the offshore system grew up. Respectable people, often the very cream of society, and the most exalted financial institutions, carry out these kinds of activities - and the problem has become so pervasive that its practitioners wonder how there can be a problem.

There is a problem. There are several problems. They are called capital flight, mind-bending inequality, crushing poverty, political instability, and crime. Caiado and his like may not be familiar with the poverty aspects, but hundreds of millions of people are.

Financial institutions are intimately tied to a huge currency black market in Brazil,” says Sergio Fernando Moro, the federal judge in the case against Caiado.

And Bloomberg cites Janice Ascari, a regional federal prosecutor in Sao Paulo, who shreds one of the common arguments about this problem: that this problem would fade away if only taxes were cut.

"It’s not because levies are sky-high, Ascari says. A millionaire in Brazil is taxed at a federal rate of 27.5 percent, a smaller levy than in the U.S. and most European countries.
. . .
Brazilian millionaires avoid taxes routinely because that’s what their families have been doing for decades and they know they can get away with it, Ascari says. And even if they’re caught, they would use the weak court system to prevent convictions or having assets seized."

Here we have it. Wealthy élites, operating with great impunity and a sense that they are above the law, loot their countries, send it up to tax havens in OECD member state nations (or in those controlled by OECD member states) - and their co-citizens be damned.

On the bright side, it is fantastic to see Brazil get tough on these pinstripe pirates.

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Does the UK Conservative Party know to whom they are paying rent?

From the Land Matters blog (hat tip: Chris Jordan, ActionAid)

Amidst all the press coverage of the student demonstration in London on Wednesday, one small question was niggling me as I watched the windows being smashed in Millbank Tower. Whose windows? Who owns Millbank Tower?

And the answer?

A 2 minute search of the Land Registry turned up Title Number NGL886677 together with a plan which reveals that the 21-24 Millbank and 25 and 30 Millbank are owned by Basio Holdings Ltd. of 1 Palm Chambers No. 3, PO Box 3152, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

So the Conservative Party (who rent offices in No. 30) are paying rent to a company in the British Virgin Islands. I hope they are aware of the Non-Resident Landlords Scheme.

Well done that blogger. We think the world needs to know more about this arrangement. The FT says it belongs to the Reuben brothers, two property tycoons who made their fortune in Russian aluminium during the chaotic 1990s. Could be.

(Separately, the Land Matters blog has also published a Land Value Tax proposal for Scotland.)

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Rand Paul says there are no poor people

Well, he kind of says that, in defense of tax cuts for the richest Americans. In fact, the libertarian U.S. politician said:

"There are no rich, there are (sic) no middle class, there are no poor, we are all interconnected in the economy. . . we all work for rich people, or we sell stuff to rich people . . . "

Here is Steven Colbert, framing the issue, with questions such as this one:

"If a poor family falls on hard times in the woods, and nobody is there to care - then did it really happen?"

And don't forget to watch the little notes on the right hand side, as he speaks. (Some people have said they can't access the video; this link might help.)

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The case of the disappearing tax havens

When the OECD first published its black/white/grey list of tax havens to coincide with a G20 meeting on April 2, 2009, it contained four blacklisted jurisdictions, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Philippines and Uruguay -- and 38 on the grey list.

Within five days, the blacklist was declared empty. Countries had been able to get off the blacklist simply by promising to co-operate with the OECD's hopelessly inadequate standards. Eurodad explores the issue here. As they noted:

"It is worrying that while the G20 have called for sanctions against tax havens, none has been announced yet. Paradoxically it is rather the other way round: tax havens seem to be dictating the way the OECD should operate."

We would tend to concur. The OECD has now produced a new, squeakier-clean tax haven list. The blacklist remains empty. The 38 has been reduced to just nine. These nine represent, according to IMF data, less than two percent of total trade in cross-border financial services. John Christensen, TJN's director, said:

"This tells us that the OECD have now given carte blanche - that is, white-list treatment - to 98 percent of the global market in offshore financial services. Are they really trying to tell us that the offshore problem is almost solved?"

Now get this. The G20 originally declared a vague intention to apply sanctions to jurisdictions that did not co-operate. Presumably this referred to the blacklist, but we would argue that a far broader set of jurisdictions deserve sanctions. Anyone for Panama?

And what does the OECD now say about sanctions?

"Neither the Global Forum nor the OECD has the power to impose sanctions on countries that do not implement the standards. Individual countries whether OECD or non- OECD will decide for themselves what actions they consider necessary to ensure the effective enforcement of their tax laws. The G20 has produced a list of potential measures based upon an analysis provided by the OECD."

In other words, sauve qui peut. Or, more prosaically, business as usual.

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TJN among the 21 biggest influences in tax today

From the International Tax Review:

"To mark the 21st birthday of International Tax Review in November 2010, the editorial staff of the magazine decided to choose the 21 most influential people or organisations in tax today."

It's subscription-only, so we can't link to it, but here are a few names on the list.

Well, there is Max Baucus Chairman, US Senate Finance Committe, The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), Jeffrey Owens Director, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, SSN Moorthy Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes, India, the UN Tax Committee, and various other high-profile names.

And there is also, on page 10, the Tax Justice Network. The details of its founding aren't quite correct as written there, but it is a nice write-up. And there, too, are our close allies Christian Aid and ActionAid. Quite right too.

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Conference: “Fighting illicit flows from developing countries. What next for the EU agenda?”

Eurodad and the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development invite you to the conference “Fighting illicit flows from developing countries – what next for the EU agenda?” in Brussels on December 7th and 8th 2010.

In the past few months, G20 leaders have expressed concern about the financial integrity of secrecy jurisdictions and the need to regulate them. In November 2009, they committed to ensuring that developing countries fully benefit from international measures to establish a more transparent and cooperative framework. In June 2010, EU Heads of State and Government went beyond international agreements and committed to “pushing for a more development-friendly international framework” in order to address tax evasion and harmful tax practices, and to increase cooperation and transparency.

As this agenda moves swiftly forward, time has come to consolidate progress made in the last few months and take reforms to the next level. This event will debate official European Union initiatives, as well as civil society proposals to effectively address cross-border tax evasion and illicit financial flows and their harmful impact on developing countries. It will also discuss official and civil society proposals to make the most of the opportunities opening up in the G20 agenda for 2011.

The conference will gather high level experts from both the North and South, as well as academics, decision-makers and representatives from civil society organisations.

The event will open with a cocktail evening on the 7th December, which will provide an excellent networking opportunity for conference participants. On the 8th December, the conference will take place from 9.00 to 17.00. Both events will take place at Biblioteque Royale de Belgique on Boulevard de L’Empereur 4, Brussels.

Registration is open until November 26th . To confirm your participation, please send an email indicating your name, organisation and country, to Miguel Carapeto at mcarapeto (at) eurodad.org

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On the UK Mirrlees Review

The UK government has published its "Mirrlees Review" from the Institute of Fiscal Studies, which, as The Economist put it, is of relevance to governments around the world; it

"argue[s] that most governments could find a way to raise the amount of money they need from the tax system while imposing much lower costs than they currently do."

TJN hasn't parsed the report, although some tax experts we know have. One expert to emailed us, in a private email, said this:

I had no hope at all for the Mirrlees report once I saw the list of contributors. Here we have the world's greatest saving glut in years and people are seriously talking about how to increase savings and about all of the unfairness of taxing the income from savings. Why? Not for economic reasons --- you don't tax what is in short supply (consumption) and exempt what is plentiful (savings) for efficiency reasons.

The prior huge saving glut was around 1980, when the oil-rich states were earning more than they could spend --- the Saudi ports, such as Jubail, were backed up for many years, and the Saudi's were converting sea water into fresh water at great expense to grow wheat. And what were the economists telling us --- we had a savings shortange, to be fixed by trashing the income tax and moving to a consumption tax."

And Richard Murphy, a TJN Senior Adviser, has written a series of blogs:

The assumption of neutrality in Mirrlees

Increasing tax on the elderly – the Mirrlees way

The Mirrlees quote of the day

Mirrlees – a redeeming feature

Mirrlees and savings – making inherently unjust proposals

Mirrlees – and consumption taxes

Mirrlees thinks that inequality mainly results from different opportunities to work

Mirrlees – the fundamental flaw

What sort of tax system do we want?

Evidence of bias at the Institute for Fiscal Studies

Mirrlees – one mad or bad idea kicked into touch

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Hudson calls the deficit commission by its real name

The American commentator Michael Hudson has a great piece on President Obama's bipartisan commission whose mission is to "cure" the U.S. budget deficit. As Hudson says:

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, known as the Deficit-Reduction Commission” among media friendlies, might better be called the New Class War Commission to Scale Back Social Security and Medicare Payments to Labor in Order to Leave more Tax Revenue Available to Give Away to the Super-Rich. A longer title, but sometimes it takes more words to get to the heart of matters."

Which is funny, in a tragic and serious kind of way. But that's not the main point of this blog. We are interested in what he has to say about tax, and specifically the fact that the Commission wants to scale back mortgage deductibility for home owners. That is, the fact that you can deduct your mortgage payments against tax. This is something that we have blogged on several occasions in the past, such as here. That post explains the offshore angle that is important in this respect, and the way that entire tax systems are skewed in favour of debt leveraging.

On one level, Hudson supports the proposal.

"Defenders of stopping this tax credit make the valid point that the mortgage-interest tax deduction does not really save homeowners money at all. It is a shortsighted illusion. And this argument is right – absolutely right. What the government gives to “the homeowner” on one hand is passed on to the mortgage banker by “the market” process that leads bidders for property to pledge the net available rental value to the banks in order to obtain a loan to buy the home (or an office building, or an entire industrial company, for that matter.)"

To put it more crudely, property owner make big tax savings on the face of it - but the market then transforms these savings into higher rental and land values, which then get turned into bigger bank loans and bigger bank profits. At the end of the day it is the bankers, not you, who get the benefit. And you have to pay higher personal and sales taxes to make up for the tax shortfall too. Without the tax subsidy, your house and rents (and mortgage payments) would be cheaper, and you would ultimately be no worse off. Remove the subsidy, and you get to tax the banks by a side entrance. Which is a very good idea. Or at least, given that this would be costly for ordinary people during a transition phase, there should be a cap on interest deductibility.

But there is another part to his argument, which highlights the real cynicism at play.

"I support removing the tax favoritism for debt leveraging. The problem with the Deficit Commission is that it does not extend this reform to the rest of the economy – to the commercial real estate sector, and to the corporate sector.
. . .
This tax bias for debt rather than equity is largely responsible for loading down the U.S. economy with debt, encouraging corporate raiding with junk bonds, adding interest to the cost of doing business, and hence causing the debt deflation that is locking the economy into depression. This subsidy for debt leveraging also is the government’s largest giveaway to the banks. And it also happens to violate every precept of the classical economic drive for “free markets” in the 19th-century."

Hudson's article is perhaps a little hastily written, but well worth reading.

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From Global Financial Integrity:

The Drivers and Dynamics of Illicit Financial Flows from India: 1948-2008,” released today from Global Financial Integrity (GFI), estimates that tax evasion, crime, and corruption have removed gross illicit assets from India worth US $462 billion.

In more fine-grained detail:

"From 1948 through 2008, India lost a total of US $213 billion in illicit financial flows (or illegal capital flight). These illicit financial flows were generally the product of: tax evasion, corruption, bribery and kickbacks, and criminal activities. The present value of India’s total illicit financial flows (IFFs) is at least US $462 billion (based on the short-term U.S. Treasury bill rate as a proxy for the rate of return on assets.) India’s aggregate illicit flows are more than twice the current external debt of US $230 billion.

The full report is available here.

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Watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 movie is most likely to be incomparable to any other flick because the sense of adventure action and mystery is most likely to be highlighted in impressive amounts as this will mark the beginning of grand finale. Thus it comes as no wonder that exit of this beloved fantasy series should be simply a most memorable one with awesome afterthoughts to be devoured by fans who have been counting their days until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 movie makes it to the theatres taking them to find themselves lost in a fantasy.

New chapter filled with breathtaking action and adventure will be stored to Watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 movie as excitement of story will go on to reach new heights. Taking matters onwards from where it had been left in previous episode Harry Potter together with his friends Hermione and Ron will continue with their mission of finding Horcruxes that hold the key to defeat Lord Voldemort. With Hogwarts and Ministry of Magic both fallen under the grip of dark lord matters are far from being normal. With each step they face many obstacles testing their determination and friendship.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 movie will have Daniel Radcliffe returning to lead role of Harry Potter and it seems that he will come up with some interesting pieces of acting to delight of fans. Returning to series and starring opposite each other will be Emma Watson and Rupert Grint who are most likely to have contributed to motion picture by delivering some of the best they can offer. Thus these young stars undoubtedly make matters most interesting to Watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Online with wide eyed awe and inspiration.

Breathtaking sensations will be stirred undeniably through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 movie because over the years the hugely popular franchise has gone on to be centre of attention of fantasy movie lovers. And since the sense of action adventure and mystery are too be doubled in this one the hype too has been increased alongside the enthusiasm felt by die hard fans. Watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 movie thus will be a great getaway to find oneself totally immersed in a fascinating world.

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Fashion Laptop cases For Women

The last two decades or more have seen a great influx of women into higher positions in the workplace. While previously women still looked down when it came to positions of leadership today is very normal to see a woman as president of a company. This is one reason why many manufacturers of laptop bag designs began with large laptop bags for women. It is a fact that women love fashion more than men. While men do their shopping in a hurry, women love to shop windows of time, try things, and generally enjoying themselves during the time of purchase. Not laptop bags or different. Having a bag that corresponds to a particular place, or maybe just the shoes and the bag is a great advantage with a woman who knows its value.

For example, take the rose. No man ever to go all pink, live or in bags. But the woman to leave the bag trendy pink, and when he will reward you well for this. There are many great laptop handbags pink and other colors in fashion these days, and sometimes I just can not stop thinking Blondin series of films. The appearance is deceiving and really behind all the pink fluffy girl can hide a tough girl who knows a lot. Rosa jokes aside, it is now some really great laptop cases for women around, all the designer women bags that a woman should be proud of his collection. And if the size of a laptop is a laptop or a notebook smaller than normal, the bag is big enough to hold everything.

Not only do managers use laptop bags. Just look at all students who bring their laptops to class. They also need big bags and college years are a perfect way to show their strength. One of my wife’s favorite series of laptop bags for women are a range of Botkier women Handbags. For example, Lake Forest, leather bag, which he himself is. I bought it from him, his last birthday and he can not stay away from it. It costs less than $ 100 on Amazon, and is a great song.

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Collector of Comics? Use Newcadia and Save as You Build Your Collection

The beauty of comic books is the fact that they connect us to the past and that they are also relevant to the present times. Any serious comic book collector is interested in locating one or two sources that sell all of the classics plus the newer series at low, discounted prices. As a collector you most certainly know how exciting it can be to find that one issue that you have been long been searching for.

Comic book affcionados around the world turn to Newkadia.com for all of their collecting needs. This company is the largest comic book store in operation on the internet and due to the fact that it sells so many comics, it can afford to make just a small profit on each. This means that you can find the most valuable comic books here at very affordable, low prices. The people running this company are just like you. They are folks who are passionate about comics so they have created an online comic book store that contains over a half a million comic books for sale. Regardless if you are looking for X-men, Superman, Batman, Spiderman or any other comics, you are sure to find just what you are looking for at this online store as they have comics from DC, Marvel and most other publishers.

It is very easy to find what you are looking for at Newkadia. You can search for books by using the comic’s name or by looking through the various categories on the site such as Top Selling Comic Books, Comics under 50 cents or the Most Valuable Comic Books. Comic books for sale on this website include Bronze, Golden, Modern and Silver Age comics. The Golden Age gave rise to the very first super heroes such as Batman and Wonder Woman. These comics were published between 1939 and 1955 and are highly sought after. There are thousands of Silver Age comic books for sale at Newkadia which are those that were published from 1956 when DC comics re-released some Golden Age editions such as the Green Lantern series.

The newer comics are categorized as either Bronze, Copper or Modern age comics and it was during these periods that readers began to seriously collect comic books as the monetary value of them started to rise. The inventory of both the older and newer comics rises daily at Newkadia as 2,000 comics on average are added each day. Plus, all of the comic book prices on this site are lower than the prices listed in the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, which is something that most other comic book retailers cannot boast of.

If you are rather new to collecting comic books you can learn a lot about comic collecting by clicking on the ‘Expert Picks’ link. This will take you to a page loaded with resources featuring well known comic book collectors’ tips, stories and recommendations to collectors. This is good reading and a terrific way to get your feet wet so to speak so that you can get your collection off to a good start.

If you are not 100% satsified with the comics you order, you will get all of your money back, plus the return postage is paid for you. The comics you buy are shipped to you in heavy duty shipping packs and for added protection, each comic book is put into a comic bag and onto a comic board. The company also pays to insure each package and over the more than 800,000 books this company has sent out, only eight arrived in damaged packages.

You simply cannot find a larger selection of comic books for sale anywhere. This is by far the best comic book resource you could ever find. Be sure to bookmark the site because you will certainly want to return in the future!

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Outsourcing iPhone Application Development in today’s India

As a result of its ever increasing popularity and demand, the development of iPhone applications (suitably called iPhone apps.) has grown into an attractive and lucrative venture in society today. The iPhone has unleashed its unlimited possibilities in the minds of several mobile application developers, with this comes accolades and financial rewards. The iPhone apps have revived the enthusiasm of its mobile phone users with features like portable media player, internet and multi touch screen.

Interestingly, the iPhone serves as both a mobile and an entertainment device. All in one! Some of the iPhone’s key features include music, connectivity, imaging, gaming, e-mail, data storage and obviously, making calls. Every function can easily be activated by the mere touch of a finger as the device comes with some level of sophistication. From its appearance to its features, the iPhone has become a clear definition of style.

Some recognition must be accorded to the numerous iphone application developers who from their regular efforts have produced an array of applications for the iPhone, to the delight of its users. These aps can easily be acquired online and installed on an iPhone. Presently, there seems to be no end in sight for the applications developer, as they constantly come up with newer ways to enjoy your device. They provide users the ability to experience the best of modern day technology. The iPhone is the first point of call for individuals seeking quality design, effective functions and apt performance – all in one package! Its usage is ideal for every age group.

The iPhone development aims at reinforcing the privileges of using this high-tech device to meeting the specific functional needs of its users. India is always a rich source of software developers and mobile application developers. In looking for good offshore outsourcing company in India for iPhone Application Development, it is essential to find one the one who understands your requirements, business perspective and who can provide customized services to meet the goal.

In today’s India, KryptonSoft is an offshore outsourcing development centre based in India to handle all mobile application development requirements for different platforms. Our team has grown in line with the growth and demand obtainable in the industry today. We are experts at understanding the needs of our clients when it comes to the development of new iPhone Apps, iPad Apps or Mobile Porting of existing apps. Our solutions are of the highest quality as our delivery is fast. Cost is never an issue with us, as we are sensitive to the desires of our clients.

Visit KryptonSoft for more details at http://www.kryptonsoft.com and free quote.

About KryptonSoft:

KryptonSoft is an offshore outsourcing division of Sangwan.com founded in year 2000. At KryptonSoft we promises to provide highly qualitative and cost effective Custom Software Application Development, Desktop Development, E-Commerce, Custom Forum/Blog Development, Mobile Application Development Outsourcing and Web Software Development Outsourcing services to our clients globally. One that will best complements your own in-house IT skills and protects your intellectual property while at the same time meeting your budget and deliverable offshore development goals. We at KryptonSoft promise you to provide highly qualitative and cost effective services with Intellectual Rights.

For more information please visit http://www.kryptonsoft.com or contact the below address:
Krypton Softwares

211,Krishna Mall,

Plot No. 5, Sector-12, Dwarka

New Delhi – 110075

Phone : +91-011-64529879, +1-315-703-4904

Website : http://www.kryptonsoft.com

Email : sales@kryptonsoft.com

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Office Process Automation using BlackBerry Application Development

What comes to mind when someone talks of a “mobile” office? Or a device that affords you the opportunity of constant communication with your office, where ever you go? If you said the Blackberry, you’re obviously right! This beautiful gadget has gotten rave reviews for the variety of its facilities and its features. Access to its third party apps has also been on popular demand. The current trend of its apps avails its users with the optimized utility of a Smartphone while connected with their office to handle all office process automation tasks from your BlackBerry.

The device initially gained popularity for its unique e-mailing access which was utilized by its corporate users. It could easily receive and send e-mails at where ever a wireless network could be accessed. The Blackberry also flaunted features like its high quality sound out-put, a large-sized display screen and the convenience of its keypad. The technology embedded in the Blackberry could most likely make carrying a laptop all the time unfeasible. Its ability to be used worldwide, has drown a substantial number of clients and with the rise in customers comes an increased demand for blackberry software developers to provide more mobile apps for use on the Blackberry platform.

KryptonSoft caught-up with the trend a long time ago. They provide offshore blackberry development services and have developed customized apps for various business houses to extend their employees and customer’s experience. As a pioneer in the development, porting and deployment of mobile apps, KryptonSoft has gathered a team of experts who are seasoned professionals in the software technology field, to meet your blackberry application development needs.

Today, there is a heavy demand for offshore blackberry developers for customized blackberry development in the following categories:

BlackBerry Field force/ Sales force automationInspection formsReporting solutionsIntegration with enterprise back office systemsPoint of Sales/M-commerce applicationsManagement productivity toolsCommunication and Messaging applicationsMultimedia applicationsTime cards/ Expense sheetsTravelling and Outdoor ApplicationsBlackBerry GPS solutions

It is advisable to choose an offshore mobile development partner, with a proven track-record, one that can provide expert solutions to your software development needs and have cross platform expertise to link your mobile application with your enterprise infrastructure. KryptonSoft is identified as better place to outsource mobile development services for all blackberry devices including Blackberry Bold, Blackberry Pearl, Blackberry Storm/Storm2, Blackberry Curve, BlackBerry Tour and BlackBerry Torch. You can visit

http://www.kryptonsoft.com for free quotes of your mobile development requirements and consulting.

About KryptonSoft:

KryptonSoft is an offshore outsourcing division of Sangwan.com founded in year 2000. At KryptonSoft we promises to provide highly qualitative and cost effective Custom Software Application Development, Desktop Development, E-Commerce, Custom Forum/Blog Development, Mobile Application Development Outsourcing and Web Software Development Outsourcing services to our clients globally. One that will best complements your own in-house IT skills and protects your intellectual property while at the same time meeting your budget and deliverable offshore development goals. We at KryptonSoft promise you to provide highly qualitative and cost effective services with Intellectual Rights.

For more information please visit http://www.kryptonsoft.com or contact the below address:
Krypton Softwares

211,Krishna Mall,

Plot No. 5, Sector-12, Dwarka

New Delhi – 110075

Phone : +91-011-64529879, +1-315-703-4904

Website : http://www.kryptonsoft.com

Email : sales@kryptonsoft.com

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How to Compute Tax Liability & Taxable Income

Assessment of different taxpayers involves the practical application of various provisions of the Act in a given situation.

Tax Liability - An individual is liable to pay tax in respect of his own income, and the income of certain other persons by virtue of sections 60 to 65.

How to Compute taxable income -
First, ascertain gross total income, ignoring income exempted under section 10, 10A or 10B or 10BA, etc, if any. Then deduct admissible deductions under sections 80C, 80CCC, 80CCd, 80D, 80DD, 80DDB, 80E, 80G , 80GG, 80GGA, 80GGC, 80-IA, 80-IB, 80-IC, 80-ID, 80-IE, 80JJA, 80QQB, 80RRB, and 80U. For ready reference of different deductions available to individuals under the Income-Tax Act.

Special provisions relating to non- residents -
‘Non- resident Indians’ can take the benefit of special provisions under sections 115C to 115 – I :

Who can claim the benefit of special provisions – The benefit of special provisions can be claimed by non – resident Indians. The following are “non – resident Indians” for this purpose:
a. citizen of India who is a non – resident ; or
b. a person of Indian origin who is a non – resident .
A person shall be deemed to be of Indian origin if he, or either of his parents or any of his grand- parents, was born in undivided India.

Incomes which are qualified for special treatment – The provisions under sections 115C to 115-I are applicable only in respect of the following incomes derived by a non- resident Indian:
a. investment income derived from a “foreign exchange assets”, not being dividends covered under section 115-O;
b. long- term capital gains on sale or transfer of “foreign exchange assets”.

Foreign exchange asset – It means those “specified assets” which the assessee has acquired or purchased with, or subscribed to in, convertible foreign exchange.

The following are “specified assets” for this purpose:
a. Shares in an Indian company (public or private);
b. debentures issued by an Indian company which is not a private company;
c. deposits with an Indian company which is not a private company (for instance , deposit with Indian public limited companies , banks,etc.);
d. any security of the Central Government; and
e. such other assets as the Central Government may specify in this behalf by notification in the official Gazette.

How to calculate investment income – In computing the investment income of a non- resident Indian, no deduction in respect of any expenditure or allowance shall be allowed under any provision of the Act. Moreover, no deduction under section 80C to 80U shall be allowed in respect of investment income of non- resident Indians.

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