I don't think they would renew even Mickey for a billion dollars!
Considering Mickey is the face of Disney, they would. Last fiscal year they brought in 4.8 billion in net income (after taxes and expenses). The cost of renewal would be written off as a business expense, so it would be that much less that Disney would have to pay in taxes.
Let me guess, you also say that government should remove all regulations for business so they can thrive and hire everyone who wants a job? Do you want the government so small that you could drown it in a bath tub? I'm sure that when your rights are violated under the Constitution by the police, you'll say "it's okay, they're just trying to find the bad guys. I still have my due process in the courts. LOL"
With 5.93 billions shares, a $50 million dollar fine has an effect of 4/5ths of a cent per share. They can probably afford this since they're paying dividends of 44 cents per share per quarter this year.
lots of countries have 'double taxation' where the profits a corporation makes are taxes, *and* the dividends to shareholders are taxed.
That's not double taxation; the government is taxing the dividends of shareholders as capital-gains because dividends reduce the stockholders equity by the amount of the dividend. It would be no different if you sold your sock at x amount of dollars or x - dividends.
Right now dividends are being used as a tax dodge because the max tax rate on capital gains in the US is 15% and no FICA. If you work your ass off at a job you're going to being paying your tax bracket plus FICA. Why do you think some CEO's have a dollar salary; it's not for show.
Continuous payments from dividends as opposed to selling stocks which fluctuate in price. If he sold 100 million of his shares on the market, that could drive the price down due to supply and demand, making his net worth drop. If he keeps his shares and let's the dividends continue, over time he could make more that way than if he sold his stocks when Facebook becomes as valuable as MySpace. Remember: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Ever since the bush tax cuts of '01/'03, dividend payments from companies skyrocketed and have not dropped, even with the downturn. Go through Google Finance and look at ten-year views of somecompanies, dividend payments are almost now quarterly and are paying more. AT&T payed out $10.2 billion in dividend payments last year ($0.43 per share x 5.93 billion shares x quarterly) and it's gone up this year to $0.44 per share; in '07 they were paying $0.355 per share.
I'm sure that he's more concerned about dividends than the valuation. With 533.8 million shares and, let's say, 10 cents quarterly dividend dispersments, he could have made $53,380,000 every three months. At a 15% tax rate with no FICA (medicaid, 1.45%; social security 6.2%), it's the ultimate tax dodge.
That sure is a lot of complaining with zero ideas on how to solve anything.
Yours seems to be a common attitude: "No we can't".
Can we build a better factory? Foreman says: "Stop the line once to fix a defect and you're fired."
Can we get cheaper energy? Environmentalists say: "We can get it cleaner."
Can we cut the cost of our insurance? The GOP says: "Not on our watch."
Can we educate our children? The teachers say: "Our students learn Algebra by 6th grade."
Can we cut local taxes? The local government says: "We gave tax breaks to Wal-Mart so they could locate here."
Can we cut crime in the neighborhoods? Community organizers say: "We lost funding for our after school programs"
Can we improve anything? Slashdot says: "And that's why Kohath is trolling on Slashdot."
Right now, these corporations are simply sitting on the money not doing anything with it. Call their bluff and tax it so they start spending it to offset the taxes.
They're doing something with that money... they're paying billions and billions out in dividends that are taxed at 15% with no FICA which is another 7.65%.
Samantha Wright is right; they don't put up an algorithm that you could jot down, but instead describe having the trip computer avoid areas that you don't want to go or that you're not allowed to enter. It even ends with:
It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing the subject specification, but one of ordinary skill in the art can recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the subject specification are possible. Accordingly, the subject specification is intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
That little section there takes the rest of the cake with them.
Slashdot Mirror
but you can't typically stand on top of your mother in law 24/7.
Challenge accepted
I don't think they would renew even Mickey for a billion dollars!
Considering Mickey is the face of Disney, they would. Last fiscal year they brought in 4.8 billion in net income (after taxes and expenses). The cost of renewal would be written off as a business expense, so it would be that much less that Disney would have to pay in taxes.
Let me guess, you also say that government should remove all regulations for business so they can thrive and hire everyone who wants a job? Do you want the government so small that you could drown it in a bath tub? I'm sure that when your rights are violated under the Constitution by the police, you'll say "it's okay, they're just trying to find the bad guys. I still have my due process in the courts. LOL"
The trademark for that was "Sci-Fi Channel"
With 5.93 billions shares, a $50 million dollar fine has an effect of 4/5ths of a cent per share. They can probably afford this since they're paying dividends of 44 cents per share per quarter this year.
lots of countries have 'double taxation' where the profits a corporation makes are taxes, *and* the dividends to shareholders are taxed.
That's not double taxation; the government is taxing the dividends of shareholders as capital-gains because dividends reduce the stockholders equity by the amount of the dividend. It would be no different if you sold your sock at x amount of dollars or x - dividends.
Right now dividends are being used as a tax dodge because the max tax rate on capital gains in the US is 15% and no FICA. If you work your ass off at a job you're going to being paying your tax bracket plus FICA. Why do you think some CEO's have a dollar salary; it's not for show.
Continuous payments from dividends as opposed to selling stocks which fluctuate in price. If he sold 100 million of his shares on the market, that could drive the price down due to supply and demand, making his net worth drop. If he keeps his shares and let's the dividends continue, over time he could make more that way than if he sold his stocks when Facebook becomes as valuable as MySpace. Remember: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Ever since the bush tax cuts of '01/'03, dividend payments from companies skyrocketed and have not dropped, even with the downturn. Go through Google Finance and look at ten-year views of somecompanies, dividend payments are almost now quarterly and are paying more. AT&T payed out $10.2 billion in dividend payments last year ($0.43 per share x 5.93 billion shares x quarterly) and it's gone up this year to $0.44 per share; in '07 they were paying $0.355 per share.
I'm sure that he's more concerned about dividends than the valuation. With 533.8 million shares and, let's say, 10 cents quarterly dividend dispersments, he could have made $53,380,000 every three months. At a 15% tax rate with no FICA (medicaid, 1.45%; social security 6.2%), it's the ultimate tax dodge.
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day
anyone could run for a political office and run 30 seconds of goatse if they felt so inclined.
So which /. troll will be running for office?
and the courts aren't burdened enough?
Also check out the This American Life story of the General Motors plant in Fremont, CA that adopted Toyota's QA practices in 1984 and how they were not supported by GM in their efforts:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/403/nummi
That sure is a lot of complaining with zero ideas on how to solve anything.
Yours seems to be a common attitude: "No we can't".
Can we build a better factory? Foreman says: "Stop the line once to fix a defect and you're fired."
Can we get cheaper energy? Environmentalists say: "We can get it cleaner."
Can we cut the cost of our insurance? The GOP says: "Not on our watch."
Can we educate our children? The teachers say: "Our students learn Algebra by 6th grade."
Can we cut local taxes? The local government says: "We gave tax breaks to Wal-Mart so they could locate here."
Can we cut crime in the neighborhoods? Community organizers say: "We lost funding for our after school programs"
Can we improve anything? Slashdot says: "And that's why Kohath is trolling on Slashdot."
Or a nice little tax loophole: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement
Right now, these corporations are simply sitting on the money not doing anything with it. Call their bluff and tax it so they start spending it to offset the taxes.
They're doing something with that money... they're paying billions and billions out in dividends that are taxed at 15% with no FICA which is another 7.65%.
It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing the subject specification, but one of ordinary skill in the art can recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the subject specification are possible. Accordingly, the subject specification is intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
That little section there takes the rest of the cake with them.
That's all this is; an algorithm that say don't go this way unless I want to pickup a lady-of-the-night
The problem is you don't know if those minor quakes are putting more stress onto other faults which can lead to an even stronger quake.
I call bullshit. Long term cap gains taxes are paid separately at 15% with no FICA which is an additional 7.65%.
FTFY
Rock out with your cock out
They'll be building a minature train that will span an entire millimeter and haul milligrams of freight
yyyeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first app in the War Store will probably be Angry Birds
Training first!
Apple now has one year to patent those ideas, great job!
"It's as addictive as Angry Birds"
"It'll pass the time like Bubble Breaker"
"As fun as Snake"
"Sorry, you can't delete the Demo"