Questions 31 through 33 refer to the following text.
The IRS Chief Counsel is appointed by the President of
the United States, with the advice and consent of the U.S.
Senate, and serves as the chief legal advisor to the IRS
Commissioner on all matters pertaining to the interpretation,
administration, and enforcement of the Internal Revenue
Code, as well as all other legal matters. Under the IRS
Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, the Chief Counsel
reports to both the IRS Commissioner and the Treasury
General Counsel.
Attorneys in the Chief Counsel’s Office serve as lawyers for
the IRS. They provide the IRS and taxpayers with guidance
on interpreting Federal tax laws correctly, represent the
IRS in litigation, and provide all other legal support required
to carry out the IRS mission.
Chief Counsel received 95,929 cases and closed
94,323 cases during fiscal year 2012. Of the new cases
received, and cases closed, the majority related to tax law
enforcement and litigation, including Tax Court litigation;
collection, bankruptcy, and summons advice and litigation;
Appellate Court litigation; criminal tax; and enforcement
advice and assistance.
In Fiscal Year 2012, Chief Counsel received 31,295
Tax Court cases involving taxpayers contesting an IRS
determination that they owed additional tax. The total
amount of tax and penalty in dispute at the end of the fiscal
year was almost $6.6 billion.
(Source: Internal Revenue Service Data Book, 2012.)
During fiscal year 2012, the Chief Counsel’s office succeeded in
Questions 39 and 40 refer to the following text.
Customs enforcement is concerned with the protection of
society and fighting trans-national organized crime based
on the principles of risk management. In discharging
this mandate, Customs compliance and enforcement
services are involved in a wide range of activities relating
to information and intelligence exchange, combating
commercial fraud, counterfeiting, the smuggling of highly
taxed goods (especially cigarettes and alcohol), drug
trafficking, stolen motor vehicles, money laundering,
electronic crime, smuggling of arms, nuclear materials,
toxic waste and weapons of mass destruction. Enforcement
activities also aim to protect intellectual and cultural
property and endangered plants and animal species.
In order to assist its Members improve the effectiveness of
their enforcement efforts and achieve a balance between
control and facilitation, the World Customs Organisation
has developed a comprehensive technical assistance
and training programmes. In addition, it has established
Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices (RILOs) that are
supported by a global database, the Customs Enforcement
Network (CEN), to facilitate the exchange and use of
information.
The WCO has also developed instruments for international
co-operation in the form of the revised Model Bilateral
Agreement (MBA); the Nairobi Convention, which provides
for mutual administrative assistance in the prevention,
investigation and repression of Customs offences; and
the Johannesburg Convention, which provides for mutual
administrative assistance in Customs matters. The WCO’s
Customs Control and Enforcement programme therefore
aims to promote effective enforcement practices and
encourage co-operation among its Members and with its
various competent partners and stakeholders.
(Source: http://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/enforcement-and-compliance/
overview.aspx, retrieved on 12 March 2014.)
The text explains that the mandate of the World Customs Organisation comprises both
Questions 31 through 33 refer to the following text.
The IRS Chief Counsel is appointed by the President of
the United States, with the advice and consent of the U.S.
Senate, and serves as the chief legal advisor to the IRS
Commissioner on all matters pertaining to the interpretation,
administration, and enforcement of the Internal Revenue
Code, as well as all other legal matters. Under the IRS
Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, the Chief Counsel
reports to both the IRS Commissioner and the Treasury
General Counsel.
Attorneys in the Chief Counsel's Office serve as lawyers for
the IRS. They provide the IRS and taxpayers with guidance
on interpreting Federal tax laws correctly, represent the
IRS in litigation, and provide all other legal support required
to carry out the IRS mission.
Chief Counsel received 95,929 cases and closed
94,323 cases during fiscal year 2012. Of the new cases
received, and cases closed, the majority related to tax law
enforcement and litigation, including Tax Court litigation;
collection, bankruptcy, and summons advice and litigation;
Appellate Court litigation; criminal tax; and enforcement
advice and assistance.
In Fiscal Year 2012, Chief Counsel received 31,295
Tax Court cases involving taxpayers contesting an IRS
determination that they owed additional tax. The total
amount of tax and penalty in dispute at the end of the fiscal
year was almost $6.6 billion.
(Source: Internal Revenue Service Data Book, 2012.)
As described in the text, the mission of attorneys working in the Chief Counsel's Office includes:
Questions 39 and 40 refer to the following text.
Customs enforcement is concerned with the protection of
society and fighting trans-national organized crime based
on the principles of risk management. In discharging
this mandate, Customs compliance and enforcement
services are involved in a wide range of activities relating
to information and intelligence exchange, combating
commercial fraud, counterfeiting, the smuggling of highly
taxed goods (especially cigarettes and alcohol), drug
trafficking, stolen motor vehicles, money laundering,
electronic crime, smuggling of arms, nuclear materials,
toxic waste and weapons of mass destruction. Enforcement
activities also aim to protect intellectual and cultural
property and endangered plants and animal species.
In order to assist its Members improve the effectiveness of
their enforcement efforts and achieve a balance between
control and facilitation, the World Customs Organisation
has developed a comprehensive technical assistance
and training programmes. In addition, it has established
Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices (RILOs) that are
supported by a global database, the Customs Enforcement
Network (CEN), to facilitate the exchange and use of
information.
The WCO has also developed instruments for international
co-operation in the form of the revised Model Bilateral
Agreement (MBA); the Nairobi Convention, which provides
for mutual administrative assistance in the prevention,
investigation and repression of Customs offences; and
the Johannesburg Convention, which provides for mutual
administrative assistance in Customs matters. The WCO’s
Customs Control and Enforcement programme therefore
aims to promote effective enforcement practices and
encourage co-operation among its Members and with its
various competent partners and stakeholders.
(Source: http://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/enforcement-and-compliance/
overview.aspx, retrieved on 12 March 2014.)
In accordance with the passage, ‘customs enforcement’ can best be defined as the prevention of criminal activities
Questions 31 through 33 refer to the following text.
The IRS Chief Counsel is appointed by the President of
the United States, with the advice and consent of the U.S.
Senate, and serves as the chief legal advisor to the IRS
Commissioner on all matters pertaining to the interpretation,
administration, and enforcement of the Internal Revenue
Code, as well as all other legal matters. Under the IRS
Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, the Chief Counsel
reports to both the IRS Commissioner and the Treasury
General Counsel.
Attorneys in the Chief Counsel's Office serve as lawyers for
the IRS. They provide the IRS and taxpayers with guidance
on interpreting Federal tax laws correctly, represent the
IRS in litigation, and provide all other legal support required
to carry out the IRS mission.
Chief Counsel received 95,929 cases and closed
94,323 cases during fiscal year 2012. Of the new cases
received, and cases closed, the majority related to tax law
enforcement and litigation, including Tax Court litigation;
collection, bankruptcy, and summons advice and litigation;
Appellate Court litigation; criminal tax; and enforcement
advice and assistance.
In Fiscal Year 2012, Chief Counsel received 31,295
Tax Court cases involving taxpayers contesting an IRS
determination that they owed additional tax. The total
amount of tax and penalty in dispute at the end of the fiscal
year was almost $6.6 billion.
(Source: Internal Revenue Service Data Book, 2012.)
According to the passage, the IRS's chief legal advisor is
Questions 34 through 38 refer to the following text.
We've been keeping our veterinarian in business lately.
First Sammy, our nine-year-old golden retriever, needed
surgery. (She's fine now.) Then Inky, our curious cat,
burned his paw. (He'll be fine, too.) At our last visit, as we
were writing our fourth (or was it the fifth?) consecutive
check to the veterinary hospital, there was much joking
about how vet bills should be tax-deductible. After all, pets
are dependents, too, right? (Guffaws all around.)
Now, halfway through tax-filing season, comes news
that pets are high on the list of unusual deductions
taxpayers try to claim. From routine pet expenses to the
costs of adopting a pet to, yes, pets as "dependents," tax
accountants have heard it all this year, according to the
Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants, which
surveys its members annually about the most outlandish
tax deductions proposed by clients. Most of these doggy
deductions don't hunt, but, believe it or not, some do. Could
there be a spot for Sammy and Inky on our 1040?
Scott Kadrlik, a certified public accountant in Eden Prairie,
Minn., who moonlights as a stand-up comedian (really!),
gave me a dog's-eye view of the tax code: "In most cases
our family pets are just family pets," he says. They cannot
be claimed as dependents, and you cannot deduct the
cost of their food, medical care or other expenses. One
exception is service dogs. If you require a Seeing Eye
dog, for example, your canine's costs are deductible as
a medical expense. Occasionally, man's best friend also
is man's best business deduction. The Doberman that
guards the junk yard can be deductible as a business
expense of the junk-yard owner, says Mr. Kadrlik. Ditto the
convenience-store cat that keeps the rats at bay.
For most of us, though, our pets are hobbies at most.
Something's a hobby if, among other things, it hasn't turned
a profit in at least three of the past five years (or two of the
past seven years in the case of horse training, breeding
or racing). In that case, you can't deduct losses—only
expenses to the extent of income in the same year. So if
your beloved Bichon earns $100 for a modeling gig, you
could deduct $100 worth of vet bills (or dog food or doggy
attire).
(Source: Carolyn Geer, The Wall Street Journal, retrieved on 13 March
2014 - slightly adapted)
The phrase “Guffaws all around" (paragraph 1) shows that those hearing the conversation
Questions 34 through 38 refer to the following text.
We've been keeping our veterinarian in business lately.
First Sammy, our nine-year-old golden retriever, needed
surgery. (She's fine now.) Then Inky, our curious cat,
burned his paw. (He'll be fine, too.) At our last visit, as we
were writing our fourth (or was it the fifth?) consecutive
check to the veterinary hospital, there was much joking
about how vet bills should be tax-deductible. After all, pets
are dependents, too, right? (Guffaws all around.)
Now, halfway through tax-filing season, comes news
that pets are high on the list of unusual deductions
taxpayers try to claim. From routine pet expenses to the
costs of adopting a pet to, yes, pets as "dependents," tax
accountants have heard it all this year, according to the
Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants, which
surveys its members annually about the most outlandish
tax deductions proposed by clients. Most of these doggy
deductions don't hunt, but, believe it or not, some do. Could
there be a spot for Sammy and Inky on our 1040?
Scott Kadrlik, a certified public accountant in Eden Prairie,
Minn., who moonlights as a stand-up comedian (really!),
gave me a dog's-eye view of the tax code: "In most cases
our family pets are just family pets," he says. They cannot
be claimed as dependents, and you cannot deduct the
cost of their food, medical care or other expenses. One
exception is service dogs. If you require a Seeing Eye
dog, for example, your canine's costs are deductible as
a medical expense. Occasionally, man's best friend also
is man's best business deduction. The Doberman that
guards the junk yard can be deductible as a business
expense of the junk-yard owner, says Mr. Kadrlik. Ditto the
convenience-store cat that keeps the rats at bay.
For most of us, though, our pets are hobbies at most.
Something's a hobby if, among other things, it hasn't turned
a profit in at least three of the past five years (or two of the
past seven years in the case of horse training, breeding
or racing). In that case, you can't deduct losses—only
expenses to the extent of income in the same year. So if
your beloved Bichon earns $100 for a modeling gig, you
could deduct $100 worth of vet bills (or dog food or doggy
attire).
(Source: Carolyn Geer, The Wall Street Journal, retrieved on 13 March
2014 - slightly adapted)
Among the domesticated animals considered eligible for tax deductions are
Questions 34 through 38 refer to the following text.
We've been keeping our veterinarian in business lately.
First Sammy, our nine-year-old golden retriever, needed
surgery. (She's fine now.) Then Inky, our curious cat,
burned his paw. (He'll be fine, too.) At our last visit, as we
were writing our fourth (or was it the fifth?) consecutive
check to the veterinary hospital, there was much joking
about how vet bills should be tax-deductible. After all, pets
are dependents, too, right? (Guffaws all around.)
Now, halfway through tax-filing season, comes news
that pets are high on the list of unusual deductions
taxpayers try to claim. From routine pet expenses to the
costs of adopting a pet to, yes, pets as "dependents," tax
accountants have heard it all this year, according to the
Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants, which
surveys its members annually about the most outlandish
tax deductions proposed by clients. Most of these doggy
deductions don't hunt, but, believe it or not, some do. Could
there be a spot for Sammy and Inky on our 1040?
Scott Kadrlik, a certified public accountant in Eden Prairie,
Minn., who moonlights as a stand-up comedian (really!),
gave me a dog's-eye view of the tax code: "In most cases
our family pets are just family pets," he says. They cannot
be claimed as dependents, and you cannot deduct the
cost of their food, medical care or other expenses. One
exception is service dogs. If you require a Seeing Eye
dog, for example, your canine's costs are deductible as
a medical expense. Occasionally, man's best friend also
is man's best business deduction. The Doberman that
guards the junk yard can be deductible as a business
expense of the junk-yard owner, says Mr. Kadrlik. Ditto the
convenience-store cat that keeps the rats at bay.
For most of us, though, our pets are hobbies at most.
Something's a hobby if, among other things, it hasn't turned
a profit in at least three of the past five years (or two of the
past seven years in the case of horse training, breeding
or racing). In that case, you can't deduct losses—only
expenses to the extent of income in the same year. So if
your beloved Bichon earns $100 for a modeling gig, you
could deduct $100 worth of vet bills (or dog food or doggy
attire).
(Source: Carolyn Geer, The Wall Street Journal, retrieved on 13 March
2014 - slightly adapted)
The opening sentence of the text reveals that the author has been
O texto a seguir deverá ser utilizado para responder às questões de números 56 e 57.
No texto, a expressão and so on pode ser substituída, sem perda de sentido, por:
Cada opção abaixo revela uma mensagem eletrônica que um aluno universitário enviou para uma universidade americana solicitando informações sobre os cursos de pós-graduação. Qual é a única opção que apresenta a mensagem gramaticalmente correta?
Look at the strip story below and answer the question that follows it.
In the sentence It´s hard to get mad at someone who returns things so promptly the relative pronoun who is being used to define the subject of a relative clause. Look at the sentences below and select the ones in which the underlined relative pronoun is used correctly.
I. The girl in pink is the one that I told you about.
II. Peter went to the restaurant which I eat.
III. The woman whose we met at the mall is a teacher.
IV. Do you know the Japanese guy with whom I travelled?
Choose the only correct alternative to fill in the blanks:
I. Brazil is ________ Argentina.
II. Japan is _________ Bolivia.
III. The Everest is _________mountain in the world.
IV. France is not __________ Canada.
Mark the alternative which is equivalent to: "Had I stopped" in the sentence below:
"Had I stopped at the red light, I wouldn´t have been involved in the accident."
Text 1
Source:http://www.niallferguson.com/site/FERG/Templates/General. aspx?pageid=194
The Ascent of Money
Synopsis
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labour. But in The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that fi nance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals fi nancial history as the essential back-story behind all history. The evolution of credit and debt was as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization, from ancient Babylon to the silver mines of Bolivia. Banks provided the material basis for the splendours of the Italian Renaissance, while the bond market was the decisive factor in confl icts from the Seven Years' War to the American Civil War.
With the clarity and verve for which he is famed, Niall Ferguson explains why the origins of the FrenchRevolution lie in a stock market bubble caused by a convicted Scots murderer. He shows how fi nancial failure turned Argentina from the world's sixth richest country into an infl ation-ridden basket case - and how a fi nancial revolution is propelling the world's most populous country from poverty to power in a single generation.
Yet the most important lesson of the world's fi nancial history is that sooner or later every bubble bursts - sooner or later the bearish sellers outnumber the bullish buyers - sooner or later greed fl ips into fear. And that's why, whether you're scraping by or rolling in it, there's never been a better time to understand the ascent of money.
The pronoun 'it' in paragraph 3 line 5 refers to