1 Among those companies disclosing the presence of a Lead Director, 38.0% paid a premium for service in this position in 2005 versus 28.8% in 2004. 2  In 2005, median total compensation for a regular member of the Board was $150,000, for a Non-Executive Chairs was $219,765, and for Lead Directors was $162,424.mong the study's key findings: In manufacturing, median total compensation (which includes fees, retainers, committee pay, and all forms of stock compensation) for outside directors is now $109,000, up from $91,250 in 2005.
A flat income tax rate of 30 percent (unless a lower rate is available under a DTT) applies to Russian source income with some exceptions which, inter alia, include: 15 percent tax rate applies to dividend income from Russian companies;
In 2007, the revenue from VAT was 15.47 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) which made up 33.9 percent of China's total tax revenue for the year. The standard rate of VAT in China is 17%. There is a reduced rate of 13% that applies to products such as books and types of oils. Note that the taxes paid by both the manufacturer and the retailer to the government are 10% of the values added by their respective business practices (e.g. the value added by the manufacturer is $1.20 minus $1.00, thus the tax payable by the manufacturer is ($1.20 â $1.00) Ã 10% = $0.02).