Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes
Three months after Army lieutenant William Calley was charged with the infamous massacre of civilians at My Lai, the Marine Corps had to deal with a savage war crime of its own. Although the incident received little of the media attention focused on Calley's crimes, the murder of sixteen women and children by five Marines at Son Thang-4 raised serious questions for the Corps and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Gary Solis, a Marine combat officer in Vietnam and later a judge advocate, draws...
The book covers the major areas of Hong Kong taxation-Property Tax, Salaries Tax, Profits Tax, Personal Assessment and Stamp Duty. It explains the principles and practice of taxation law with relevant tax cases, Board of Review decisions and contains numerous practical examples. The current edition includes the 2013-14 budget changes and the latest developments in taxation. Included in the chapter which examines international tax issues is a new section on Hong Kong taxation issues for Mainland...
Field Manual FM 1-06 Financial Management Operations April 2014
by United States Government Us Army
Exploring a variety of ways of thinking ethically about drone violence.The violent use of armed, unmanned aircraft ('drones') is increasing worldwide, but uncertainty persists about the moral status of remote-control killing and why it should be restrained. Practitioners, observers and potential victims of such violence often struggle to reconcile it with traditional expectations about the nature of war and the risk to combatants. Addressing the ongoing policy concern that state use of drone vio...
This ambitious work which took the better part of a decade to produce will be essential reading for all serious defence study students, and of absorbing interest to military professionals and lay people concerned with the future of warfare and all aspects of response to military attack. Its ultimate aim is to demonstrate that the advent of Cyberwarfare has pushed traditional legal thinking regarding the regulation of forcible action beyond traditional boundaries. It attempts to do so by critical...
Unwanted noise can be a significant nuisance in buildings, particularly dwellings. Part E of the Building Regulations for England and Wales has therefore introduced substantially improved standards for noise control and stringent new requirements for the testing of completed buildings. This new book explains the regulations in detail and provides recommendations for good design and construction. It explains those aspects of sound transmission necessary for an understanding of Part E of the Regu...
Field Manual FM 3-39 Military Police Operations August 2013
by United States Government Us Army
This revised and updated edition of Income Tax Laws of Pakistan covers all the amendments introduced in the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 through the Finance Act, 2008. These amendments cover changes in various sections of the Ordinance and Schedules annexed to it. The First Schedule deals with the income tax rates and the Second Schedule deals with exemptions from income tax. A summary of withholding tax regime under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 is also included. Solved problems have been rev...
Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes
Competition Policy and the Regulation of Business (Hong Kong Economic Policy Studies)
by Leonard K. Cheng and Changqi Wu
Hong Kong is known for good financial services, public utilities and other services. But are Hong Kong's key economic sectors sufficiently competitive? The authors analyze the situation of competition and regulation in ten industries and business sectors.
American Justice in Taiwan (Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace)
by Stephen G. Craft
On May 23, 1957, US Army Sergeant Robert Reynolds was acquitted of murdering Chinese officer Liu Ziran in Taiwan. Reynolds did not deny shooting Liu but claimed self-defense and, like all members of US military assistance and advisory groups, was protected under diplomatic immunity. Reynolds's acquittal sparked a series of riots across Taiwan that became an international crisis for the Eisenhower administration and raised serious questions about the legal status of US military forces positioned...
California Taxes, Guidebook to (2018)
Field Manual FM 3-52 (FM 100-103) Army Airspace Command and Control in a Combat Zone August 2002
by United States Government Us Army
The Purple Book 3A 2012-13
What happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Or when a weapon that can hunt its own targets is hacked? Although it sounds like science fiction, the technology already exists to create weapons that can attack targets without human input. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in emerging weapons technologies, draws on deep research and firsthand experience to explore how these next-generation weapons are changing warfare. Scharre’s far-ranging investigation examines the emerge...
Cyber Law and Cyber Security in Developing and Emerging Economies
by Zeinab Karake, Sabri Al Azazi, and Reza Barkhi