Sentences with phrase «then write it off»

This is because companies no longer have to amortize excessive goodwill, and also because they regularly under - depreciate investments and then write them off as «extraordinary losses» in order to keep the depreciation from reducing operating earnings.

It would mean Greece following through on its market reforms and privatizations + Greece reforming and downsizing its civil service + Greece maintaining a stable government despite public outcry + Greece fixing its tax collection system + the troika being willing to put off some Greece interest payments and then writing off some significant portion of Greece's debt when Greece's government finally consistently reaches a primary surplus.

What is even harder to fathom is a God that only starts to matter when we Christians decide this — and then write off all of His work prior to the Christ.

(Would you be impressed if I found nuts on the street corner to ask science questions, and then laughed at their bad answers... and then wrote off science?

That way, you can combine costs, and then write off a bunch of expenses.

Any remaining debt is then written off.

The shareholders can then write off the entire amount against their taxes, usually in the first two years.

Usually debts that have not been paid are then written off and you are «discharged» from the bankruptcy.

Due to this risk lenders can ill afford to take substantial losses and then write them off the books or pursue legal remedies which could last years.

So your problem with Mass Effect 3 fans dissatisfied with the ending is that they «ALL» then write off the entire game as being terrible?

«IPCC (in its new AR5 draft) no longer simply writes off other solar forcing factors as «controversial» with a single paragraph (as it did in AR4), but spends some time discussing and......»... then writes off solar.

Manipulates the system by recording substantial fee - producing or billable hours, and then writes off many of these hours prior to billing the client.

Not exact matches

If you base effectiveness off of writing just 10 articles for different websites, and you only see your social media following grow by 30 people, then you may lose confidence.

If you keep good records of your costs, you can then choose the deduction method that produces the greater write - off.

And thanks to a $ 7,500 tax credit from the federal government for green vehicles, and the IRS» mileage deduction, Turner expects the CitEcar to pay for itself within three years and then actually start making money if he takes advantage of the mileage write - off.

It's really incredibly irresponsible of any journalist with integrity to write any article that would lead people to believe autonomy is less safe, because people might turn it off and then die.

The second, which he prefers, is starting with a speech off the top of your head and then refining it until you are happy with writing it down.

Then you also still have a PC in the corner that you blow the dust off of when you want to write a letter.»

He then signed off for the night, waking up this morning to offer yet another apology to all of India: «I apologize for any offense caused by my earlier tweet about Indian history and politics,» Andreessen wrote.

That doesn't mean you can write off that visit to the spa — but if you're better equipped to give your business the energy and effort it deserves because you took a little R&R, then it wasn't time or money wasted.

Mona Lisa is the result of the artist - scientist's studies of anatomy: da Vinci «peeled flesh off of the faces of cadavers, delineated the muscles that move the lips, and then painted the world's most memorable smile,» Isaacson writes in the opening of his new book.

For instance, he again extended the tax break that allows manufacturers to more quickly write off the cost of buying new machinery and equipment — a move he first announced in 2007, then repeated in 2008 and 2009 and 2011.

Then there's the write - off process itself, which looks a little different depending on the amount you give and how you give it.

Then go back to what you've written so far about your target market, and take everyone off the list who doesn't fit — or who you just don't like.

Imagine running a direct mail campaign by writing your own copy, individually typing that copy for each and every sales piece you plan to send, stuffing and addressing the envelopes one by one using names and addresses you got from the phone book, slapping on the stamps, and then sorting it all and carting it off to the Post Office yourself.

If you don't take itemized deductions, then you don't get the write - off.

Despite its technical staff ruling in 2010 - 11 that Greece's foreign debts could not be paid and hence needed to be written off, its heads — first Dominique Strauss - Kahn and then Lagarde — acted in blatant conflict of interest to support the French bankers demands for payment in full, and U.S. demands by President Obama and Wall Street lobbyist Tim Geithner to insist there be no writedown at all.

Crystal @ Budgeting in the Fun Stuff writes Why I Use a Credit Card (And How To Leverage Yours)-- If you can't be disciplined enough to pay off your balance in full every month, then you probably shouldn't have a credit card.

Finally, GM's quick repayment of the loans has whetted the appetite of some commentators (including DeCloet) for the ultimate repayment of the full government contribution. That would occur through the issuance of public equity by GM and Chrysler, creating a market for those stocks into which the government would presumably sell its shares. There is even some nefarious language in the rescue packages requiring the government to sell off its shares within specified, relatively aggressive timelines. The more I think about it, the less this makes sense — neither for the auto industry, nor for taxpayers. Why not hang onto the equity stake? If the companies recover and the equity gains market value, then the government will be able to claim that on its balance sheet (hence officially recouping the cost of its written - off contributions and creating a budgetary gain).

Work to just catch up on label stuff and mail order, and then work the regular work.As soon as I'm caught up, I'll take a day off and start in the morning to try and write some songs, go record stuff or whatever.

Tyerman writes almost like his medieval sources, describing a few events and then heading off on narrative tangents.

If the socialist movement writes off the new productive forces of the consciousness industry and relegates work on the media to a subculture, then we have a vicious circle.

the writer of this article is an idiot and he is not educated and does not have a brain because he has written it with out having any info about it.thats why little knowledge is dangerous.if he does nt know some thing then he is better off not writing things he does not know about

He then plays it off as his own writing and gets the book published, which becomes an international best - seller.

Little did we know it then, but in just a few months» time Merryn and I would be setting off on an adventure we'd never forget — walking the streets of Rome, climbing the Alps of Switzerland, and settling into our new city of Oxford, United Kingdom, where Merryn would get a dream job at the University and I would write a book helping others recover from their broken dreams.

You can all just start believing in me now, praying to me... if you'd like me to write down a bunch of stuff that is hard to understand and contradicts itself, I will, but I'll make sure dozens of people get their hands on it first, change it to their liking and to what suits their needs, then pass it off as my original word.

Then Obama will blame someone else and jet off to Hawaii for another $ 4 million vacation, writing IOUs on our childrens» backs all the way.

James Surowiecki, writing in the New Yorker, observes that the crisis arose because a number of players misused our trust and made loans to individuals who were not qualified and then pawned off those loans on other buyers, who mistakenly believed them to be low risk.

Why then does he proceed to write off the importance of the metaphysical problem, as at the beginning of his second section where he explicitly equates the problem of induction with the epistemological problem?

If this debate is still being carried on by those whose interpretation of human existence is distorted by what I have called falling off to one side or the other of the ridge, this essay will still be as relevant then as it is today, although the tone of urgency in which it was written will indeed be dated.

23 «Then the priest shall write these cu «rses in a book, and he shall scr «ape them off into the bitter water.

Given the theological cast of her writing, one might expect to find in her memoir a portrait of the artist as a young Jonathan Edwards — someone who (shortly before he went off to college) observed the curiosities of the flying spider, analyzed the optics of the rainbow, and then celebrated the glory of the creator as revealed in the natural creation.

Imagine the response by some Christians if Feuerstein walked into Starbucks, «tricked» the barista into writing a religious phrase from a different faith on the cup, encouraged people to start a movement and then underscored his point by showing off the handgun he'd snuck into the store.

If we do write off it's texts as anything less than divinely inspired, then the enemy of God wins.

Dan and I have a running joke that if A Year of Biblical Womanhood flops, I can always revert to Plan B: «fall» off the treadmill, claim to go to Purgatory for the duration of my blackout, and then write a guaranteed bestseller entitled 7 Minutes in Purgatory.

What I've learned is that if you want to improve your mental health then put away your phone, turn off the TV, put away your tablet and listen to soothing music or pick up a book, go for a walk, write in a journal, have a conversation with a loved one, exercise, meditate, pray and breath from the navel.

JohnQuest wrote: «In HeavenSent, defense, he / she is no more off the wall then any other ideologue, may they be religious, hyper political, or have some other extreme views.»

April 15, 2012 at 11:19 am Ashrakay wrote to me on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 11:32 pm stating,» @Pipe - Dreamer, Yes, I've seen your off - handed comparison remark comparing atheists and «GBLT «ers» It was nonsensical then and nonsensical now.

Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish... so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other evidence of the Exodus and other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...

If I can not get Jesus and the God of the Old Testament to fit together in a coherent way which maintains the love, grace, and mercy of God, then I may find myself within the ranks of those who simply write off much of the Old Testament as hopelessly full of errors.