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An Automation Tax- Adopt With Caution, Vincent Ooi Jun 2022

An Automation Tax- Adopt With Caution, Vincent Ooi

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The post highlights three main issues that may result from the rapid and widespread automation of jobs: 1) declining tax revenues; 2) inequitable distribution of gains and losses from automation; and 3) social costs of job displacement, such as social support and retraining programmes for displaced workers.An automation tax may be imposed on a temporary basis to manage (slow) the rate of displacement of workers due to the adoption of automation technologies, but should not be a permanent feature. Otherwise, there will be a risk of loss of competitiveness in the long-term, possibly resulting in even greater economic harm.One main …


The Taxation Of Cryptocurrency Gains, Vincent Ooi Jul 2021

The Taxation Of Cryptocurrency Gains, Vincent Ooi

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Taking Singapore as an example, this article lays out a series of tests for determining whether gains arising from the disposal of cryptocurrencies are trade or business income, “all other income” or capital gains. It also considers the possibility of a presumption that individuals engaging in such transactions are gambling.


Singapore Property Tax Law As It Stands: The Rebus Sic Stantibus Principle And The Statutory Formula, Vincent Ooi Aug 2020

Singapore Property Tax Law As It Stands: The Rebus Sic Stantibus Principle And The Statutory Formula, Vincent Ooi

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The Singapore jurisprudence appears to have adopted the proposition that the rebus sic stantibus principle is to be disapplied where section 2(3) of the Singapore Property Tax Act (“PTA”) (the “Statutory Formula”) is applied. This article argues that this proposition perhaps ought to be stated more precisely. The principle is only disapplied where section 2(3)(b) is applied because it would run contrary to the statutory fiction imposed by section 2(3)(b) that the land is to be valued as if it were vacant land. There should be no disapplication of the principle where section 2(3)(a) is applied due to the absence …


Negotiating Tax Provisions In Partnership And Llc Agreements, Robert G. Gottlieb, Brian J. O'Connor Nov 2014

Negotiating Tax Provisions In Partnership And Llc Agreements, Robert G. Gottlieb, Brian J. O'Connor

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Tax Accounting Methods Considerations In Restructuring Transactions, Glenn Carrington, Kristine Mora Nov 2014

Tax Accounting Methods Considerations In Restructuring Transactions, Glenn Carrington, Kristine Mora

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Anatomy Of Valuing Stock In Closely Held Corporations: Pursuing The Phantom Of Objectivity Into The New Millennium, Stephen J. Leacock Jan 2001

Anatomy Of Valuing Stock In Closely Held Corporations: Pursuing The Phantom Of Objectivity Into The New Millennium, Stephen J. Leacock

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Simplified Entity Classification Under The Final Check-The-Box Regulations, Roger F. Pillow, John G. Schmalz, Samuel P. Starr Dec 1997

Simplified Entity Classification Under The Final Check-The-Box Regulations, Roger F. Pillow, John G. Schmalz, Samuel P. Starr

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.


Making Subchapter S Work, Glenn E. Coven Jul 1986

Making Subchapter S Work, Glenn E. Coven

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.