Essays on Tax-Exempt

Short – Term Investing

Introduction A treasury bill or a T-Bill is a short-term maturing promissory note, usually lasting for three months to one year. Nyawata (2012) asserts that the federal or national governments are the ones that issue T-Bills as their primary instruments of regulating the supply of money within the national economy, as well as raising funds for various government projects through open market operations. The central banks of the respective countries are the ones responsible for issuing and paying on T-Bills. According to Thau (2000) T-bills do not have any form of explicit interest, but they sell at a discount ...

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Acknowledgements

This project paper demonstrates the integration of the knowledge I acquired from the courses in Master of Health Administration and Leadership Program and the collaborative application with this project’s community partner, MidMichigan Health to improve the community health in Gratiot County, Michigan. I am thankful for getting this valuable opportunity to work with a large healthcare organization. First and foremost, I would like to thank my parents who worked really hard to financially and emotionally support me in pursuing further education overseas. They comfort me every ...

The First Amendment evinces the framer’s intent to create a “wall of separation” between church and state. The First Amendment provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” (United States Constitution, amend, I). While there can be no government establishment of religion, religion and politics have long been closely enmeshed. Since the inception of the nation, prayer has played a prominent role in government ceremonies (Lee v. Weisman 633). Beginning with George Washington, all presidents taking the oath of office conclude with the words, “So help me God” (Jonassen 861). Presidents and politicians alike ...

Vanguard Actively Managed Common Stock Fund

As actively managed stock funds can either outperform or underperform an index, fund or portfolio managers use a strategy to combine extensive market research with their experience and forecasting activities. One of the actively managed stock funds Vanguard has in its mutual fund family is known as “Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund”. This fund tends to invest in all those high-quality companies that pay growing dividend payments while this fund attempts to outperform the stock market index. From 2007 to 2009, this fund lost only forty two percent while the overall stock market lost fifty five percent due to plunge ...

Differences between National and International NGOs -

A Case Study of the US, Bahrain and India (Author name) (Supervisor name)

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1 Introduction Non-Governmental Organizations or NGOs have become influential actors of societal development and change on a national as well as international scale. Beginning as non-governmental consultants to the United Nations, the number of NGOs across the world has witnessed exponential growth since the 1980s. Although most people understand what an NGO is - the name itself makes it very clear that these are organizations that are not government run – there is little consensus on what may be described as key characteristics of an ...

The health care field is quickly changing and is facing numerous challenges, such as the continuation of tax-exempt status, unrelated business tax and excise taxes. Most nonprofit healthcare organizations qualify to operate as a charity if they attain public charity status or are publicly supported institutions (Gravelle, 2008). Hospitals have made joint ventures with physicians and added ancillary operations to their services. The income received from such ventures ought to be analyzed for federal income purposes. The finances that are also used to run the endeavor should also be scrutinized. Federal income tax issues that affect healthcare organizations include ...

Proposal: Improving FIU housing facilities

FIU is giving students the opportunity to live on campus so they can be close to all their needs in school and do not have to worry about paying anything beside one semester rent. The problem is students have to pay a lot toward that; they do not provide a good space for rooms; most of the bathrooms are shared, and some of the dorms do not have a kitchen. Student housing is made to fit the needs and lifestyle of young adults, which means that FIU residence halls may have to offer those needs, and lifestyle in a different way as most ...

Management Organizations

Executive Summary A manager, as the term itself implies, is someone who has been given the task of managing an organization. The organization that a manager has been given the task of managing can either be a for-profit or a non-for-profit organization. In general, a manager is hired by a company owner or appointed by a corporation’s board of directors to coordinate and integrate the efforts and processes of various company departments and people in order to accomplish the organization’s goals and objectives using the allotted available resources in an efficient and effective manner, limiting wastages as much as possible . Evidently, a manager’ ...

Scientology

Headquarters/Contact Information Scientology Headquarters: Church of Scientology International, 6331 Hollywood Boulevard Suite 1200, Los Angeles, California. Demographics There are an estimated 25,000 Americans who identify themselves as Scientologists. Polity Structure Scientology follows a hierarchical polity, in which members move up and down the ladder as determined by the Scientology leadership. These church levels are divided into larger organizations, or “orgs,” the highest one being the “Sea Org.” These are church members who have chosen to dedicate their lives to the faith, and formulate the majority of the church’s leadership. From there, each church ...