Archive for December 17th, 2012

Taxes: Who pays how much? How & to whom do they pay it?

December 17, 2012

Since taxes will be a big topic this, thought we’d put things in perspective.

Americans pay a tad over $5 trillion in taxes to the Feds, States and Local Governments.

Technical note: In government parlance, the taxes are called “revenue”.

By taxing authority

Drilling down, the $5 trillion is split roughly 50%-30%-20% to the Feds, States and Locals, respectively

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How do the totals breakdown by type of tax?

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HITS: Effective problem-solving … the five key skills.

December 17, 2012

HITS: HomaFiles’ Ideas To Share

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to kick-off the MSB Consulting Club’s pioneering extracurricular series on problem-solving.

My overall message was that there are 5 key problem-solving skills that consulting firms are looking for …

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Here are some of the Homa-isms that framed each of the skills (more…)