Mass Spectrometry. 1. In order to measure the characteristics of individual molecules, a mass spectrometer converts them to ions so that they can be moved about and manipulated by external electric and magnetic fields. The three essential functions of a mass spectrometer, and the associated components, are:
As the tax is set at a fixed amount, insurance companies will be forced to pass the tax on to consumers in the form of higher premiums. This paper estimates the impact of this tax on individuals or, the share of the tax that will be (implicitly) paid by the average insured individual affected by it.
These tax benefits led some policyowners to beginusing life insurance contracts not primarily for death protection, butinstead as a tax-favored investment. That is, the premium paid could be many times the amountrequired to pay for the insurance, with the excess going into thecash value to accumulate tax-deferred.