摘要: The portion of a person's earnings that are subject to "Medicare tax."
The Medicare tax does not usually apply to tips or bonuses.
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摘要: An extended form of an IOU from one party to another that enables a payee to receive payments (possibly with interest) over a set period of time, ending with the date at which the entire loan is to be[阅读全文:]
摘要: An additional tax on top of federal and state taxes, usually collected in the form of property taxes.
Also called "municipal tax".
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摘要: Costs for an overnight stay, usually in a hotel, that may be taken as a federal income tax deduction if the Internal Revenue Service's criteria are met. Lodging expenses are usually a business expens[阅读全文:]
摘要: The Longtime Homebuyer Tax Credit was a federal income tax credit available to homebuyers who had owned and lived in the same principal residence for five of the last eight years before the purchase o[阅读全文:]
摘要: A technicality that allows a person or business to avoid the scope of a law or restriction without directly violating the law. Used often in discussions of taxes and their avoidance, loopholes provide[阅读全文:]
摘要: An accounting technique that applies the current year's net operating losses to future years' profits in order to reduce tax liability. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) specify that l[阅读全文:]
摘要: An Internal Revenue Service rule implemented in 1991 to prevent a consolidated group - a business conglomerate filing a single tax return on behalf of its subsidiaries - from taking a tax deduction fo[阅读全文:]
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A method of computing the cost basis of an asset that is sold in a taxable transaction. There are five major lot relief methods that can be used for this purpose. They include FIFO (First-In-First-[阅读全文:]
摘要: This act provides an incentive for home developers to build, buy and refurbish housing for low-income taxpayers. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit also provides a non-refundable credit for those who i[阅读全文:]