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Frequent Flier: It Takes Good Acting to Hide Travel Stress

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:47:04 EDT | New York Times

Traveling a lot, you see some of the best acting. And the worst. Flight attendants are the best actors, hands down.


Express Scripts Improves Offer to Acquire Caremark

7 Mar 2007 22:05 GMT | Inbox Robot: Credit Suisse Bank Group

... acting as legal counsel to Express Scripts, and Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking and Credit Suisse are acting as financial advisors. MacKenzie Partners, Inc. is acting as proxy advisor to ...


DOJ Job Juggle: Peter Keisler Named Acting AG

September 17, 2007, 12:08 pm | WSJ.com: Law Tax Attorney

At the Mukasey ceremony this morning, President Bush made some other announcements of interest to beltway legal eagles. Peter Keisler, who announced his resignation earlier this month as head of the DOJ’s civil division, will become acting AG until Mukasey is confirmed by the Senate. Keisler had been nominated by Bush earlier in the year [...]


Japanese premier staying in hospital indefinitely; no plans for acting PM

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:35:00 -0400 | canoe CNEWS

TOKYO (AP) - Ailing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will remain in hospital indefinitely with stress-related stomach problems but the government still has no plans to name an acting premier, an official said Tuesday.


Hartnett takes over at HMRC

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:58:39 +0000 | Tax Research UK

Accountancy Age has reported: HM Revenue & Customs policy chief Dave Hartnett has been appointed acting chairman of HM Revenue & Customs. His appointment does not mean he will become full-time chairman, but Gray also carried out the acting role before taking the top spot officially. Hartnett’s move to the top will surprise few in the tax world. More [...]


Hydro One makes it official: appoints acting CEO Laura Formusa to top job

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:28:00 -0500 | CANOE Money

TORONTO - Ontario's transmission utility is making it official - Hydro One is appointing acting CEO Laura Formusa to the top job.


What Is Art, and Who Gets to Decide?

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 CST | Tax Foundation's Tax Policy Blog

The U.S. has seen many debates over what constitutes art, especially with regard to taxpayer-funded projects.  This issue has come up in other countries, as well.  Any government that treats art differently from other goods or professions with regard to taxing and spending policies will face the unanswerable question, What is art?

From Vertex, Inc.'s Sales Tax State Activity Update:

Thespian Turmoil - Film Acting is Not Art According to HMRC

At issue was where to tax acting services performed in New Zealand by a UK actor and supplied to a New Zealand production company.

The actor contended that the acting services she supplied should be taxed where performed as cultural, artistic or entertainment activities under Art 9(2)(c) EC Sixth VAT Directive (now Art 52(a) Directive 2006/112/EC).  ...

The position of HMRC was that the services in question were not cultural, artistic or entertainment activities because they were supplied in connection with a film. Their contention was that the services had to be interpreted in the context in which they were delivered.

Acting services supplied for a film are fundamentally different from acting services supplied for a theatre production. Since an actor providing services for a film is not performing to an audience, unlike a theatre performance, it is not a cultural, artistic or entertainment activity.

The filming of an actor's role is, instead, part of a process that may lead to a cultural, artistic or entertainment experience in the form of a finished film. As a result, the acting service should fall under Art 9(1) EC Sixth VAT Directive (now Art 43 Directive 2006/113/EC) as a basic supply of a service. ...

The VAT Tribunal ruled that there were no fundamental differences between acting for a film and acting for a theatre production. Therefore, the supply is related to a cultural, artistic or entertainment activity under Art 9(2)9C) and taxed where performed which in this case is New Zealand.

Most people would argue that a government official is not qualified to decide what should be considered art. The only way to avoid having policymakers decide what counts as art, entertainment, or culture is to remove from the tax code all special provisions relating to these activities.


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