Sentences with phrase «if ordinary businesses»

Obviously, as a libertarian, I'm not too fond of Capital Gains Tax, but if ordinary businesses have to pay it, religious organizations shouldn» y be exempt.

An August 2001 Wall Street Journal study found that for every dollar of operating earnings the S&P 500 companies reported in their most recent three - month period, 60 cents wouldn't have been there if ordinary business expenses under GAAP hadn't been excluded 2.

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You can deduct this if: The car or motorcycle is necessary in the ordinary course of your business.

This effectively makes the transaction an investment in your company and also makes it easier from a tax standpoint for your friend or relative to write off the transaction as an ordinary loss if the business fails.

If the loan that can't be repaid is a business loan, however, the lender receives a deduction against ordinary income and can take deductions even before the loan becomes totally worthless.

Rule 14a - 8 of the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act allows companies to omit proposals from their proxy statements if they fall into certain categories such as dealing with «ordinary business» issues.

On a business level, if your pet generates income for you, you'll likely be able to fully deduct your «ordinary and necessary» pet expenses.

But if [businesses] pay [the saved 39 percent] out in salaries and bonuses, whether to fat - cat executives or ordinary line workers, those people pay the individual income tax on that money.

Our business, financial condition, results of operations, or prospects could be materially and adversely affected if any of these risks occurs, and as a result, the market price of our ADSs or ordinary shares could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment.

Leave it to an ordinary business person in the food business to describe the problem simply: «There's no rent control on restaurant rent, so even if we did start to be successful, the landlord could jack up our rent.

Also, while the broadcast industry is provided with a government - protected monopoly over the use of a particular frequency, it is taxed as if it were an ordinary business, subject to all of the risks other businesses face through genuine competition.

If you support lower wages for ordinary workers, please, advocate higher business taxes: go ahead, be my guest.

If prosecuting ordinary politics is what it takes to «dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics,» then US Attorney Preet Bharara must continue using his caustic solution to cleanse the Albany statehouse.

Vince Cable, the business secretary, wants to make it easier for ordinary shareholders to prevent FTSE 100 bosses being awarded huge sums if they are not delivering exceptional results.

In other words, if you own a small business and it generates $ 100,000 in profit in 2018, you'll be able to deduct $ 20,000 of it before the ordinary income tax rates are applied.

In other words, it seems that if my home is my main work location in the ordinary - language sense (i.e., I have no other office), but there is no part of it exclusively designated for business use, then not only can I not deduct business use of the home, I also can not deduct travel from there to a workplace.

Often, it takes far less time, but a carrier is permitted time not only to investigate the claim if necessary, but also to issue payment in the normal and ordinary course of their business.

If you have high ordinary income from your job, the IRS might disallow the offsetting losses from the real estate business.

The sale of assets used in a trade or business (Section 1231 Assets) at a loss generally creates an ordinary loss that the corporation can apply to offset current year taxable income, if any, thereby reducing current year tax liability.

If you are an employee and have ordinary and necessary business - related expenses for travel away from home, local transportation, entertainment, and gifts, you may be able to deduct these expenses.

However, any profit may be treated as ordinary income if there was an intention of profit and the transaction was entered into in the course of carrying on a business or as a business or commercial transaction.

They didn't want employees to worry that their accrued profit sharing bonuses would be in jeopardy if the firm's ordinary businesses got into trouble.

So if you include 2002 (a lower bound of the ordinary business cycle), then leaving in 2007 is fine in my book.

Income Ordinary income will be declared on either your 1040 (line 21 - Other Income) for an individual, or within your Schedule C, if you are self - employed or have sole - proprietor business.

If anyone were to refute the theory of AGW (an unlikely prospect) it is far more likely to be a scientist like Trenberth operating in the ordinary course of business than it is a «skeptic.»

But because business suits are considered suitable for ordinary wear, they are not tax deductible, even if they are worn only at work.

Also, if the fines are paid to a nongovernmental entity, the payment is tax deductible so long as it is an ordinary and necessary business expense.

When it comes to deducting business expenses from taxable income, the general rule is that the expense is deductible if it is ordinary and necessary in the regular course of business.

Evidence law presumes the authenticity of records if «if it is established that the electronic record was recorded or stored in the usual and ordinary course of business by a person who is not a party to the proceedings and who did not record or store it under the control of the party seeking to introduce the record.»

Essentially, business expenses can be deductible if they are ordinary and necessary, and your business operates to make a profit.

If it is made law, it will compromise ordinary Americans» ability to use class action litigation to pursue justice against businesses.

** Ordinary payroll can be included as well, this is a judgment call on your part as to how long you would carry your employees if your business was unable to operate - as it could take months to rebuild or replace damaged property.

If a tortuous act by the medical assistant arose out of an activity which was within his / her scope of employment, or ordinary course of business, then that act may be considered to be within the scope of employment.

If you've picked up a newspaper, turned on a television, or glanced at the Internet recently, you've seen, heard, or read about the problems our elected officials in Washington are having conducting the ordinary business of government.

How to Get the Deduction Remember that if you're trying to claim your working pets to deduct business expenses, you'll likely have to convince the IRS that keeping the animal is «ordinary and necessary.»

o Fact: Appraisers are required to review the purchase agreement (if available during the ordinary course of business) to fully understand the terms of the transaction.

A person shall not be regarded as engaging in the practice of the real estate business if in the scope of that person's employment or profession, such a person does not accept a commission or payment for services rendered in addition to payment received in the ordinary course of that person's employment or profession.

If classified as a dealer (business owner) your flip will be subject to your ordinary rates plus SE tax (15.3 %).

This is a question for Joe: If you are in the business of property development, are sales of homes considered capital gains, or ordinary income?