Sarbanes-Oxley Investor Protection Act-Implications
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A 45 page research paper that explores the development of the this legislation and its historical context; what it means to accountants and IT organizations; how it is projected to develop in the future and, most importantly, how it is expected to eliminate investor risk of another "Enron" type scandal by preventing companies from indulging in certain moral and ethical hazards. In this regard, the writer also place the act within the context of Kantian, utilitarian and virtue ethics. Bibliography lists 24 sources.
Filename: khsarox.rtf

Smoking and Politics
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6 pages in length. In the book Smoking and Politics Policy Making and the Federal Bureaucracy by A. Lee Fritschler and James M. Hoefler, the reader can learn everything there is to know about such things as the Federal Trade Commission's ruling requiring labeling for cigarette packaging as well as the justification for creating policy. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JGAsmoke.wps

Social Welfare Policy Analysis of the Pre-Admission Screening and Annual Resident Review (PASARR)
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This 40 page paper provides an overview of the the Pre-Admission Screening and Annual Resident Review (PASARR). This paper is a policy analysis paper. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
Filename: MHPASARR.rtf

Strengthening Investor Confidence After Enron
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A 5 page paper that discusses what steps various agencies are taking to avoid another Enron or WorldCom incident, particularly another Enron debacle. The writer notes the loss of investor confidence in corporate financial reports and the describes new regulations that will affect the FASB. The SEC has also initiated a new committee in wake of the Enron. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGinvcnf.rtf

Surplus-Related Fiscal Policy Issues
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A 5 page paper discussing fiscal policy as it relates to the way today's decisions will affect the future economy. We can be assured that there will be some form of "correction" in the future, and today's fiscal policy needs to be based on the consequences of that future correction as well as current conditions. It has been predicted that adhering to current practice will reduce national debt from $3.5 trillion to $865 billion in only nine years. Though it will enable the economy to grow faster, it will also have unpredictable results on the financial sector. It will also allow some bail-out of Social Security so that active workers will not be working to directly support two families - their own and some unknown person who already has reached retirement age. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSfisPoli.wps

Tax Credits for Stay-At-Home Moms
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A 5 page discussion of the discrepancies in tax incentives for mothers who choose to work inside the home as opposed to those available for mothers who work outside the home and utilize commercial child care facilities. Notes that there are very real discrepancies and concludes that although the costs are different for stay-at-home mothers the tax incentives should be the same. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPtaxMom.wps

Taxation
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This 2 page essay talks about ideology of taxation. Political parties are evaluated and interest groups are addressed. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: SA25Tax.wps

Taxing Retirement Income
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This 12 page paper devises a way to tax retirement income in the newly-independent country of Wikikiti. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVTaxrev.rtf

Taxing the Internet
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This 5 page paper reviews this topic in a specific manner. A proposal is made for a new Pennsylvania law to tax online purchases. Principles regarding the issue are also discussed more generally. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA333tax.rtf