Sentences with phrase «profit corporations make»

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Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.

In other words, consumers» rather modest gains have been far surpassed by the profits reaped by corporations making stuff in China at huge reductions in cost and then lowering the price a bit on the finished retail goods.

Cummings: The American way is for corporations to make a reasonable profit.

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In C corporations, stockholders only pay taxes on dividends, year to year, and are not liable for taxes on the total profit made.

Corporation tax is a levy charged on all profits made by UK companies.

«U.S. multinational corporations can defer paying tax on profits they earn abroad indefinitely by agreeing not to use the earnings for certain purposes, like paying dividends to shareholders, financing domestic acquisitions, guaranteeing loans, or making investments in physical capital in the U.S..

Sometimes, big corporations make very little profit.

«The US government taxes the profits that US corporations make in foreign countries, such as Canada, at a rate of 35 % (minus taxes paid in the country where the profits were made).

For more information about the Act and advice on making the transition, consult Industry Canada's page on not - for - profit corporations.

These US corporations have to pay 35 % tax on profits made outside of the US regardless of what the tax rates are in those countries and provinces.

These are just some of the factors that have made the economy more productive and allowed American corporations to enjoy record profit margins even as prices stay steady.

The political moves made in the past two decades have been prompted by the interests of transnational corporations and those who profit from their gains.

They may allow «national planning» of a sort (as in France); they may allow welfare programs; they may allow some progressive taxation; but what they will not allow is an invasion of the autonomy of the private corporation so that economic decisions can be coordinated and made on a basis other than profits.

Second, the aims of corporations to grow and make more profits are inimical to the wellbeing of the natural world.

For large, successful corporations, the aim is to protect and enhance investments and to make a profit.

The budget «makes huge, irresponsible cuts hurts families who are struggling to find jobs and put food on the table, but provides big tax breaks for millionaires and large corporations whose profits are soaring,» Kelly says.

You might like to fantasize that agencies, corporations, and governments can make a profit and protect the environment at the same time.

There is increasing talk of how corporations can make greater profits when they are more frugal with resources.

We have enormous corporations, some of which conduct business with the principle that they bear no responsibility to the world beyond making profits for shareholders.

The mere fact that for - profit corporations are trying to make money shouldn't impact the religious liberty they are granted.

And likely will do a better job that a private corporation looking to make a profit.

Rather than making inaccurate conclusions based on a standard procedure in web - site ownership to the motive behind our efforts, perhaps if you truly are defending Christmas, you should look at the National Corporations and Media Outlets who base their whole profit predictions and financial stability on a HOLY - day that they go out of their way to hide and dilute.

To argue that the corporation's defining objective is «enhancing corporate profit and shareholder gain» leads, in his opinion, to unacceptable conclusions: «To say that a corporation's only goal is to make money would be to define the business corporation — for the first time in American or English law as I understand it — as a kind of shark that lives off of the community rather than as an important agency in the construction, maintenance, and transformation of our shared lives.»

Huge cargo aircraft can now fly virtually an entire factory halfway across the globe, while decisions as to how fast that new factory assembly line must operate, what its workers should be paid and what profit is to be made are based on data from the corporation's global computers back in Connecticut or New York.

The dominant economic model makes everyone dependent on impersonal forces, the rational effort at profit maximization on the part of the great transnational corporations.

Moreover, they are able to influence foreign policy so that our military, economic, and food aid goes to countries where multinational corporations have the most likelihood of making profits.

We are able to operate at a better economy of scale at a reduced - charge rate compared to a for - profit corporation that needs to make the revenue, and our costs of goods sold is typically less than that of a profit based company.»

As Mendocino County, Calif.'s first Certified B Corporation, the company made a commitment to use its business for good and not just a profit.

I believe childbirth is currently a multi-billion dollar profit making empire largely driven by pharmaceutical corporations, artificial infant milk companies and medical imaging multinationals.

-- Requires any for - profit or non-profit corporation to obtain shareholder approval — at least once a year — prior to making politically - related expenditures and also requires that they file an accounting of that spending with the state Secretary of State.

Many businesses and business people recognise a social value to the work they do and see their enemy less as the state than the global corporations and banks that are able to escape the constraints of national and supra - national laws to make massive profits while driving out well - established domestic businesses that meet public needs.

Over the last 40 years, banks — which are profit seeking corporations — have had the freedom to make as many loans as they want and lend based on their own profits and confidence.

If they tried it, the British government would be confronted with a lawsuit from a multinational corporation, claiming the government had infringed their ability to make a profit.

Taxation revenue depends both on the levels of taxation and the total value of the economy compared to what is being taxed e.g. if companies make more profits and employ more people then corporation tax, income tax and national insurance receipts go up.

Corporations should not make profits off the imprisonment of fellow Americans.

Awards were made through HCR's Housing Trust Fund Corporation to local municipalities and not - for - profit corporations with experience providing residential affordable housing services in their communities.

The development of corporation tax itself has broadly maintained this principle, i.e. that the company pays tax on the profits that would have been made by the entrepreneur directly.

Why should your hard - earned $ $ go to corporations like Exxon Mobil, which pay NO taxes, while making record profits in the billions?

Amendment to finance bill had targeted huge profits made by companies from fall in corporation tax rates

Because local shops don't make such a big profit, the money they make circulates much faster than it would in a large corporation, as owners purchase supplies and employ workers — driving the money right back into the community.

Corporations are interested in making profits, if you remove profit from the industry that they inhabit, they will leave for more profitable venues.

What would now be good to see from governments is more explanation to their citizens of how the tax system actually works, so the public can makes up its mind with all the facts, such as that corporation tax is paid on profits and not sales and it is legitimate for a subsidiary to pay for the use of intellectual property owned by another group company.

Giant vertically - integrated food and agricultural corporations stand in the middle of marketing, processing, wholesaling, distributing, and retailing to make monopolistic profits by squeezing both farmers and consumers.

Partners for a Livable Western New York is an all - volunteer not - for - profit corporation formed in 1999 with a mission to make Western New York communities more livable by improving land use and the built environment.

The announcement was made at a meeting of the Westchester County Local Development Corporation (LDC), an agency created by Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, which makes tax - exempt financing available to not - for - profit institutions at no risk to taxpayers.

How many people have to die before we realize pharmaceutical corporations only make synthetics because they can't profit from natural substances (we are unable to patent a natural substance).

Even though Google reportedly were not involved in the conception of the film, and aren't in line to directly profit from ticket sales, because the film obviously got the full cooperation of Google in the making of it, whatever satirical material could have been mined from poking fun at the giant corporation's branding and image has been declawed to the point of the enterprise doubling as a recruitment film.

While Hess doesn't disagree that testing corporations will benefit, he finds the argument that the profit - motive is the primary force behind the adoption of the Core «silly,» noting, «The corporations are making money off the old tests and will make it off the new tests.»

CREDO found that non-profit schools made much larger test gains than for - profit ones, prompting AFT president Randi Weingarten to thunder «this CREDO study confirms that for - profit charter and virtual schools serve the interests of corporations» rather than kids.