Real Estate Economics : a Point-to-Point Handbook. by Pirounakis, Nicholas G.

Table of Contents: “…-- 9.5.1 Inheritance taxes -- 9.5.2 Tax capitalization and tax incidence -- 9.5.3 Capital-gains taxes -- 9.5.4 Sales taxes -- 9.5.5 (Recurrent) property taxes -- 9.5.6 More on the capitalization issue -- 9.6 Taxation of imputed rental income -- 9.6.1 The 'imputed rent is income' argument -- 9.6.2 The 'income redistribution' argument -- 9.6.3 The 'tenure-neutrality' argument -- 9.6.4 The 'equal treatment of investments' argument -- 9.6.5 The 'taxation efficiency' argument -- 9.6.6 Efficiency and preferences -- 9.7 Appendix: incidence calculation of an ad valorem tax -- Summary of main points -- Review questions and exercises -- 10 Land uses, values, and taxation -- Learning outcomes -- 10.1 The land-use pattern in a market economy -- 10.2 Land uses as expressions of urban hierarchies -- 10.3 Land uses outwards from a city's core -- 10.4 A firm's bid-rent curve -- 10.4.1 A constant-revenue firm -- 10.4.2 A variable-revenue, constant-price firm -- 10.4.3 A variable-revenue, variable-price, and variable-quantity firm -- 10.5 A household's bid-price curve -- 10.5.1 A more traditional approach -- 10.6 How bid-curves help create a land-use pattern -- 10.7 A bid-curve for all land uses in an urban area -- 10.8 Land-value taxation (LVT) -- 10.8.1 Preliminary remarks -- 10.8.2 Tax incidence and deadweight loss (DWL) -- 10.9 Critical appraisal of arguments favouring LVT -- 10.9.1 Argument 1 -- 10.9.2 Argument 2 -- 10.9.3 Argument 3 -- 10.9.4 Argument 4 -- 10.9.5 Argument 5 -- 10.9.6 Concluding remarks -- 10.10 Economic rent from land -- 10.11 Appendix: derivation of bid-rent curve and rend-gradient -- Summary of main points.…”
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Real estate accounting made easy / Obioma Anthony Ebisike. by Ebisike, Obioma Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 5 Accounting for Operating Property ExpensesLessee Measurement and Recording of Operating and Finance Leases; Contracts with Multiple Components; Lease Liabilities and Right-of-Use Assets; Initial Direct Costs; Lessee Journal Entries of Operating and Finance Leases; Lessee Accounting of Operating Lease; Lessee Accounting of Finance Lease; Lessor Operating Property Expenses; Operating Costs; Property Taxes; Cleaning; Security; Water, Electricity, HVAC; Payroll; Insurance; Repairs and Maintenance; Leasing Costs; Loan Closing Costs; Management Fee; Sales and Use Taxes…”
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Living History: Experiencing Great Events of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: Jerusalem Tinderbox: Temple in Flames.

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Money and Mathematics A Conversational Approach to Modern Financial Mathematics and Insurance / by Ralf Korn, Bernd Luderer. by Korn, Ralf, Luderer, Bernd

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Income Taxes, Lottery, and Lion Hunting—Elementary Mathematics -- 1. …”
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The value of debt in building wealth : creating your glide path to a healthy financial L.I.F.E. / Thomas J. Anderson. by Anderson, Thomas J. (Certified investment management analyst)

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Professional Secrecy of Lawyers in Europe. by Brussels, The Bar of

Table of Contents: “…Contributors; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; The Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Preface; 1 Professional secrecy in Europe; 1 Concepts; 2 Scope; A Definition and relevance; B Legal basis; C Ethical and contractual basis; D Information protected by professional secrecy; E Advisers subject to professional secrecy; F Limitations and derogations…”
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Understanding the Sociology of the Accounting Profession The Case of Australia / by Jasvinder Sidhu, Soma Pillay, Mahesh Joshi. by Sidhu, Jasvinder, Pillay, Soma, Joshi, Mahesh

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New Health Care for Profit : Doctors and Hospitals in a Competitive Environment. by Gray, Bradford H.

Table of Contents: “…The New Health Care for Profit; Copyright; Preface; Contents; An Introduction to the New Health Care for Profit; THE CHANGING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY, TRUST, AND HEALTH POLICY; IMPLICATIONS OF THE CURRENT CHANGES IN FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE; THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE PROJECT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES AND NOTES; Legal Differences Between Investor-Owned and Nonprofit Health Care Institutions; ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENCES; Investor-Owned Hospitals; Nonprofit Hospitals; FINANCIAL DIFFERENCES; Tax Exemptions; Reimbursement Factors; Sources of Capital.…”
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How to succeed as a solo consultant : breaking out on your own / Stephen D. Field. by Field, Stephen D.

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Plan Your Own Estate Passing on Your Assets and Your Values Legally and Efficiently / Wheatley-Liss, Deirdre. by Wheatley-Liss, Deirdre

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The new CFO financial leadership manual / Steven M. Bragg. by Bragg, Steven M.

Table of Contents: “…CFO's Place in the Corporation -- Financial Strategy -- Tax Strategy -- Information Technology Strategy -- Accounting. …”
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Real estate accounting made easy / Obioma Anthony Ebisike. by Ebisike, Obioma Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 5 Accounting for Operating Property ExpensesLessee Measurement and Recording of Operating and Finance Leases; Contracts with Multiple Components; Lease Liabilities and Right-of-Use Assets; Initial Direct Costs; Lessee Journal Entries of Operating and Finance Leases; Lessee Accounting of Operating Lease; Lessee Accounting of Finance Lease; Lessor Operating Property Expenses; Operating Costs; Property Taxes; Cleaning; Security; Water, Electricity, HVAC; Payroll; Insurance; Repairs and Maintenance; Leasing Costs; Loan Closing Costs; Management Fee; Sales and Use Taxes…”
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For the sake of humanity : essays in honour of Clemens N. Nathan / edited by Alan Stephens, Raphael Walden.

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The New Journey of China’s Economic and Social Development edited by Fuzhan Xie, Fang Cai, Xuesong Li.

Table of Contents: “…Experiences Gained from Past 13thFive-Year Plans and Guidelines for Subsequent Plans -- Overall Evaluation and Main Experiences of the Implementation of the 13th Five-Year Plan -- Impacts of Medium and Long-term External Environmental Changes on China and Countermeasures -- Strategic Priorities of Medium and Long-term Economic and Social Development -- Research on Goals and Indicators of Mid-to-Long-Term Economic and Social Development -- Research on Rural Vitalization and Anti-poverty Strategy and Policy -- Mid-to-Long-Term Structural Adjustments of Manufacturing and Cultivation of New Competitive Advantages -- Trends and Policies for Mid-to-Long-Term Development of Service Sectors -- Mid-to-Long-Term Fiscal and Tax Reform and Financial Sustainability -- Research on Several Major Financial Reform Issues in the Medium and Long Term -- Industrial Policy and Competition Policy for Deepening the Process of Industrialization -- Mid-to-long-term Trends and Optimization Policy of the Ownership Composition -- Research on the Strategy and Policy of Constructing a New Open System at a Higher Level -- Research on Future Mid-to-Long-Term New Technologies, Digital Economy Development and Innovation-Driven Development Strategy and Major Policies -- Enhancing Resilience, Maintaining Financial Stability and Innovating macro control in China as a Major Power -- Studies on Urbanization and Regional Development Strategies and Policies -- Research on Strategies and Major Policies of Ecological Environment Protection and Climate Change Response -- Research on the Medium and Long-term Population Development and Aging -- Research on Medium-and Long-Term Employment and Labor Market Development -- Research on Middle- and Long-term Social Development Goals, Strategies and Policies -- Middle- and Long-term Social Security Development Goals, Strategic Priorities and Reform Suggestions -- Goals and Policy Research for Reform of the Public Service Financial Investment System -- Middle- and Long-term Goals and Strategies for Advancing the Rule of Law -- Medium- and long-term Goals, Strategies and Major policies for Developing a Great Socialist Culture in China.…”
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A book of luminous things : an international anthology of poetry / edited, and with an introduction by Czeslaw Milosz.

Table of Contents: “…The south / Wang Chien -- Travelling northward / Tu Fu -- After collecting the autumn taxes [and] Rain / Po Chü-I -- Another Spring / Tu Fu -- Exile in Japan / Su Man Shu -- In the Lake District [and] Odysseus to Telemachus / Joseph Brodsky.…”
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Fiscal federalism in multinational states : autonomy, equality, and diversity / edited by François Boucher and Alain Noël.

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Unnatural causes...is inequality making us sick? produced by California Newsreel in association with Vital Pictures ; presented by NMC, National Minority Consortia ; directed and p...

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