摘要: The federal telephone excise tax is a statutory federal tax on communications services. It is collected from a customer (of a telephone company, for instance) by the entity receiving any payment for f[阅读全文:]
摘要: The original legislation that allows the federal government to tax businesses for the purpose of collecting revenue that is then allocated to state workforce agencies. The Federal Unemployment Tax Act[阅读全文:]
摘要: An audit is an investigation conducted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) into a taxpayer's financial records and tax return(s). A field audit is a systematic investigation by the IRS that is cond[阅读全文:]
摘要: An exemption made to both individual taxpayers and businesses that are unable to file a tax return by the due date. Individual taxpayers can complete IRS Form 4868 for an automatic six-month extension[阅读全文:]
摘要: A category that defines the type of tax return form an individual will use. Filing status is closely tied to marital status.
The five filing statuses are:
1. Single individual
2. Ma[阅读全文:]
摘要: The final tax return filed for an individual in the year of that person's death. Taxpayers who die in any given year will have one final tax return filed on their behalf for this year. A copy of the [阅读全文:]
摘要: The amount of profit that a company produces during a specific period, which is usually defined as a quarter (three calendar months) or a year. Earnings typically refer to after-tax net income.Ultimat[阅读全文:]
摘要: A type of tax credit available to students of a post-secondary educational institution, such as a college or university. Education credits may be claimed by those who incur qualifying educational expe[阅读全文:]
摘要: A taxation principle referring to income taxes that are paid twice on the same source of earned income.
Double taxation occurs because corporations are considered separate legal entities from t[阅读全文:]
摘要: A tax law that causes the same earnings to be subjected to taxation twice. A company's income is taxed initially and then the shareholders and investors are taxed on the distributions they receive fr[阅读全文:]