...FULFILLING OUR TAX EDUCATION MANDATE Tax Education Package Public & Corporate Affairs, Uganda Revenue Authority 1 URA VISION To be a model for Best Practice and Innovation in Revenue Services. URA MISSION To Provide Excellent Revenue Services with Purpose and Passion. URA CORE VALUES Excellence, Integrity, Team Work and Respect 2 Tax Education Package Public & Corporate Affairs, Uganda Revenue Authority Acronyms and Defined Terms CD Customs Department DT Domestic Taxes Department ESA Education Standards Agency FAQs Frequently Asked Questions GOU Government of Uganda MOES Ministry of Education and Sports MOFPED Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development NCDC National Curriculum Development Centre NCHE National Council for Higher Education NSC National Speech Championships PSFU Private Sector foundation of Uganda PCA Public and Corporate Affairs Division TPD Taxpayers’ Day UIA Uganda Investment Authority UMA Uganda Manufacturers Association UNCCI Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry UNEB Uganda National Examinations Board URA Uganda Revenue Authority USSIA Uganda Small Scale Industrialists Association Tax Education Package Public & Corporate Affairs, Uganda Revenue Authority 3 Content Page Acronyms and Defines Tems……………………………………… 3 Word from the Commissioner...
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...Week 1 Assignment Profile Process Planning Sheet: Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation Week 1 Assignment Please answer the following questions in complete sentence and paragraph format. Although this is not a formal essay assignment, please note that proper spelling, grammar, and sentence structure are required. This week’s lecture and Chapters 2 and 3 in your text will help you work through some of the terms within the rhetorical situation. Defining Topic, Angle, Purpose 1. What is your chosen topic? (For example: a profile of Barb Collins, a volunteer at the local homeless shelter; a profile of “Shipwreck Days,” a citywide flea market and festival; or a profile of Burdick’s Grocery, the oldest family-owned business in town.) The annual “Martin County Fair” that recently took place in February is my topic for this week’s assignment. 2. What personal angle can you present on this topic? (Consider what is new about the topic or what unique perspective can be shared about this topic.) The Martin County Fair and most fairs in general have evolved to be more of an event for the rides. County Fairs and State Fairs were a celebration of Spring and for youths and farmers to show their “Prized” livestock. Each year the quantity of animals being shown in the fair has decreased and the fair has become more of a “Carnival”. 3. What is your purpose for writing? (What do you hope to accomplish? Why are you writing?) My purpose for writing is to inform and persuade people...
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...Budgeting and Variance Analysis TJ Wicker TJ Wicker Kaplan University Chapter 8 Question 8.1 Why are planning and budgeting so important to an organization’s success? Planning and budgeting both play a critical role in the finance functions of all healthcare service organizations. In fact, on could argue (and usually win the argument) the planning and budgeting are the most importnat of all finance related tasks. Planning encompasses the overall process of preparing for the future. Because of tis’ importance to organizational success, most health services managers, especially at large organizations, spend a great deal of time on a=activities related to planning. Budgeting is an offshoot of the planning process. A set of budgets is the basic managerial accounting tool used to tie together planning and control functions. In general, organizational plans focus on the long-term big picture, and through the control mechanism, ensuring that current performance is consistent with organizational plans and goals. Question 8.2 Briefly describe the planning process. Be sure to include summaries of the strategic, operating and financial plans. 1. Goal setting: Plans are the means to achieve certain ends or objectives. Therefore, establishment of organizational or overall objectives is the first step in planning. Setting objectives is the most crucial part of planning. The organizational objectives should be set in key areas of operations. The objectives must be clear, specific...
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...Background Sparkling Glass Limited (SGL) is a medium scale glass container manufacturing unit. For the last two years SGL has made losses because of increasing cost of production. But this year it is expected to make profits. The reasons for high cost of production have been government policies, wage agreements and sales cartels which control the inputs. This report serves as the decision support document for the selection committee appointed to find the replacement of Mr. Ashok, the General-shift-in-charge who is slated to retire in few months. Purpose Mr. Prasad, the Plant Superintendent wants to find the replacement for Mr. Ashok. Four shift-in-charges, viz. Mr. Khanna, Mr. Punjabi, Mr. Gupta and Mr. Gulati are in contention for the job. The other options available are recruitment of a new person and extension of Mr. Ashok’s tenure. The decision tree for the given case is as follows: Options Available Among the possible options, the recruitment of a new person from another company might infuse new unbiased ideas. However, the following risks outweigh the benefit of recruiting a new person: • Possibility of friction with the existing shift-in-charges: The incumbent shift-in-charges may take some time to accept the newcomer to the company and vice versa and the difference in opinions of both the parties may create some conflict. • High cost implication: SGL has suffered losses for the last two years and wants to earn profits this year. In such a situation, hiring someone...
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...Acquisition Planning 2 Compare and contrast how the listed agencies, such as the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), have carried out acquisition planning. HHS, DHS and NASA are required to have written acquisition plans which must be close to what the elements in the FAR states. DHS and NASA also have the cost estimates and requirements documents when preparing the acquisition plan along with the consideration if lessons learned. HHS, DHS and NASA have different dollar thresholds when written acquisition plans are required. HHS written acquisition plan threshold was $500,000 and above as DHS was $10,000 and above and NASA was $10 million and above the written acquisition plan. A written acquisition plan helps to ensure thorough planning, which DHS and NASA prepared the written plan even though they were not required to. NASA and HHS require different written acquisition plans for contracts. NASA contracts valued at $10 million and above is necessary for a written acquisition plan because it improves documentation and helps with the training of staff that does not have that much experience. HHS contract valued at $500,000 and above requires a written acquisition plan because it gives the procurement office a better look at the overall acquisition planning. Compare and contrast how these same three (3) agencies have established policies that set different...
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...• The Smith’s spend approximately $5,000 a month on utilities, entertainment, food, and other regular living expenses. • Of all investable assets, the overall fixed income to equity ratio is 33% fixed income and 67% equities (33/67). • John’s Social Security statement shows him receiving $1,600 month at age 66; Joan’s shows $900 at age 66. Why develop a plan? By developing a financial plan, Me and my family: • Will have a better understanding of your current financial situation. • Determine attainable retirement, education, insurance, and other financial goals. • Review goals, funding strategies, and alternatives where goals have to be compromised. • Have the necessary financial resources set aside to fund your goals as they occur. • Reduce the effect of unexpected events, such as disability, premature death, etc. Planning is a life-long journey. For the planning process to successfully work, changing circumstances or life stage requirements must be factored in. When working with a financial advisor, he/she will want to know when personal or financial events occur to clarify whether your goals are affected and if there are new decisions needed. Some things that will assist in the planning process are: • Know what you are worth • Creating a paperwork system • Organization • Living below my means When do we review the plan? Having a plan in place will give you a better understanding of your financial situation, regularly reviewed and updated, the likelihood...
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...Achieving Goals Through Planning Elizabeth Smith ORG300 – Applying Leadership Principles Colorado State University – Global Campus Dr. Bradly E. Roh January 30, 2016 Achieving Goals Through Planning Planning is essential for organizations to reach their vision and goals. When an organization does not take the time to plan, they consent to putting the company’s future in jeopardy for the present. It also shows many of the present important issues that need attending to now are implications of insufficient planning in former times (Stryker, 2012). A vision can be communicated and achieved by execution of goals, objectives, and strategies (CSU-Global, 2016a). These three components are part of the planning process. Types of Planning During the planning stages of a company, goals can be set utilizing strategic and objective planning. They can be defined as desired concerns an organization wants to become consciously aware of; desired outcomes an organization wishes to accomplish and focuses upon. Without goals, a company will find difficulty in organizing activities and predicting what is in store for future events. Goals help employees maintain focus; they provide long-term vision and short-term inspiration (Schniele, 2007). Strategic Planning Strategic planning is one way to help an organization reach their goals. It guides the organization and helps them realize what is most important to the company; therefore, prioritizes the order of tasks...
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...Republic of the Philippines University of Rizal System INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES Rodriguez, Rizal Career Planning What is a Career? Career is an occupation or a profession, that one undertakes for a long period of his life time & derives monetary benefit from it. What is Career Planning? * Career planning consists of activities and actions that you take to achieve your individual career goals. * It is way by which one can achieve goals & ambitions successfully * It is a difference between success & failure which always leads to satisfactory results * It is a Vision Career Planning Process Career planning process is simple process of self analyzing, self upgrading & self improvement which leads you toward success. There are five steps to active career planning: * Self Assessment Self assessment revolves around the thoughtful consideration, reflection, and evaluation of your interests, personality characteristics, values, and skills through a variety of methods, such as the use of a whole host of career-related tools and instruments. * Exploration and Research The career planning component consisting of exploration and research is all about being in information gathering mode. This is the time to explore, collect, and organize all available resources to eventually begin analyzing them to see what top options arise. Pointers for Exploring Careers * Know more about the career of your choice * Nature...
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...1. Strategy and Planning: their product, their business strategy, their planning process, their competitive advantage, do they fit together? Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer. Zara belongs to Inditex’s apparel retailer; the fashion group simultaneously owns brands, such as Massimo Dutti, Pull&Bear, Stradivarious, Bershka and Uterque, which operated 507 stores in many countries in 2001. Product Zara stores have men's clothing and women's clothing, as well as children's clothing (Zara Kids). Designers of the brand work on two basic collections each year that are phased in through the fall/winter and spring/summer seasons. Zara offers fashionable clothes at very competitive prices and reasonable quality. Customers choose products of Zara because they pay less for good, stylish products with good quality. Business strategy As I understood, managers of the company focus on cost leadership strategy. Zara is a vertically integrated retailer and controls most of the steps on the supply-chain, designing, manufacturing, and distributing its products. It has succeeded on account of minimizing its variable and fixed costs, its ability to capture the latest catwalk trends and quick reaction to changes in market demand. According to the case Zara made investment in manufacturing logistics and IT, including a just-in-time (JIT) system. Every two weeks Zara provides its stores with new products. The company follows zero advertising strategy. Mostly Zara invests...
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...Chapter 1 Pick any major television network and describe some planning and control activities that its managers would engage in. ABC network is one of the primary national public broadcaster and it reflects the national heritage ,diversity and culture of various regions across the globe. Planning activities : Planning involves establishing and defining goals and specify how to achieve them. The prime planning activities that ABC would opt includes ; deciding upon the need of how many shows need to be schedule ,with how many production companies they need to schedule and negotiate ,how new shows will be picked and how much money needs to be allocated to per new show. Controlling activities : controlling evolves gathering feedback either positive or negative to make sure that effective execution of plan has taken place or not in relation to the changes in surroundings and circumstances. The controlling activities that ABC will opt would be determining if there were enough planned shows , were there any new shows loosed out to competitors, is the method on deciding on new shows being managed and run effectively,The meetings with the production companies going effective and smooth and giving a look upon the budget that either the shows and activities are running according to the budget or not. If you had to decide whether to continue making a component part or to...
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...LAB’S MODULE: FORECASTING In this exercise, you will learn how to create forecasts for a product group through SAP. SAP provides a complete set of forecasting tools that can be used in a number of sales and operations areas. The most flexible set of forecasting tools are provided in the Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) transaction. The flow of the forecasting flowchart can be seen below: [pic] 1: Create Product Group |Purpose of Exercise | |To assist with Sales Order Planning you firstly need to create a Product Group. Product groups (product families) support high-level | |planning. A product group combines other product groups and materials. | |Menu Path |Logistics ( Production ( SOP ( Product Group ( Create | |Trans Code | | The Create Product Group: Initial Screen appears. 1. Type KidBikeGrp### in the Product group field. 2. Type ### Sport & Fun Kid Bike Prod Grp in the Description field. 3. Type DL00 (Plant Dallas) in the Plant field. 4. Type ST (items) in the Base Unit field. 5. Check that Materials radio button has been selected. ...
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...and Universities would be an effective and affordable approach. Apple also will have its fair share of direct applicants, considering the fact that it is very trendy and appeals to all consumers. As stated in the NY times, it has "cast a spell" on consumers and investors. When visiting Apple's website for careers, the page is appealing and full of promise for not just any job, but a career. Apple is a company that is going to always stay on the frontier of new ideas. In order to do this, it is important to stay fresh with new perspectives and ideas. With this being the case, Apple would want to not only source their talent from internal sources such as referrals or all internal promotions. It is important to show growth and have succession planning in any company, but it should not be the sole source of growth as it might limit new ideas and innovations from coming to the table from outside experiences. Recruiter traits and behaviors that would lead to a successful recruiting campaign for Apple Recruiters for Apple would have to have both the talent of being warm, welcoming, trendy, innovative as well as specialists in the Apple product, culture and mission. In order for Apple to attract the best talent, they have to have the best talent looking for them. The product Apple has a certain appeal and when one goes to an Apple store or an Apple table at a job fair, there is a certain expectation that the person you are going to be talking with, is just as trendy as...
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...investors and lenders. Budgets and forecasts can also be used as a management tool. They can help the organization establish milestones and require accountability for accomplishing the milestones. They can help identify risks and show benchmarks. This will help business owners make the necessary adjustments to avoid the risks, to reach the milestones, and to measure up to benchmarks. Forecasts are important because it can establish measurements to guide management, to facilitate planning, and to facilitate goal setting. As part of the forecasts, the company will review key concepts and issues that will make a difference in the company’s survival. The company also needs to forecast the resources it will need and set up a schedule for using and replenishing it’s resources. For years, companies have viewed their budgets and forecast simply as a mandatory estimate of the upcoming year’s revenues and expenses. However, this attitude is quickly changing as the marketplace becomes more competitive and organizations become more dynamic. Successful companies are constantly improving their ability to accurately predict their future operations and their related resource requirements. Not only does this heighten the importance of the budgeting and planning process, but it also changes the traditional roles of spreadsheets, legacy budget systems, and software created in-house....
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...Sparkling Glass Limited A decision support document for the recruitment of the new General-Shift-in-Charge (748 words) Sourav Das PGP 2014-16, IIM Bangalore SR NO. 9233920 Sparkling Glass Limited Sparkling Glass limited Contents Background: ................................................................................................................................3 Purpose: ......................................................................................................................................3 Options Available ........................................................................................................................3 Option 1: Mr. Khanna ..............................................................................................................4 Option 2: Mr. Punjabi ..............................................................................................................4 Option 3: Mr. Gupta ................................................................................................................4 Option 4: Mr. Gulati .................................................................................................................4 Rationale used in decision making ...............................................................................................5 Recommendation ........................................................................................................................6 Appendix: Evaluation criteria...
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...Strategic Initiative Paper – Barnes & Noble In order to be successful corporations have to plan how their business will run financially every year. There are a few different plans that are put together, usually overseen by the Vice President of the organization. Two of these plans include strategic planning which is the capital-budgeting process. The other of the two plans is financial planning. Financial planning entitles collecting sales forecasts from marketing personnel and production plans from operations, and then combining them to make projections of the firm’s future financing requirements (Barnes & Noble, Inc, 2009). While reviewing the annual report for Barnes & Noble, Inc, Team A will discuss the relationship between strategic planning and financial planning for Barnes & Noble, Inc. A strategic initiative will be described and will show how it affects the financial planning for Barnes & Noble, Inc. While there are many factors that can affect the costs and sales of an organization, Team A will discuss how the strategic initiative can be one of these factors. The final piece that will be discussed is the risks associated with the initiative and the financial effects they may have on the organization. Barnes & Noble remain the largest bookseller offering a wide selection of online retailing and discounted, high quality books to enrich, enlighten, and educate its readers. In October 2009, Barnes & Noble launched the nook, the most full-featured eBook reader...
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