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How to Understand Common IRS Tax Terms

When discussing taxes, reading tax related articles or instructions one needs to understand the lingo...

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Accounting Terms: Understanding the accounting term EBITDA and how to use it.

The accounting term EBITDA is an acronym that is widely used. It stands for Earnings Before Interest,...

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UNDERSTANDING THE LANGUAGE OF TAXES

Part of our increasingly complicated Federal income tax structure is a myriad of acronyms and abbreviations....

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Above-the-Line Deduction

The “line” in this term refers to the line drawn when totaling the items that make up the taxpayer's...

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Acquisition Indebtedness

This is the debt used to acquire, build, or substantially improve a taxpayer's principal residence or...

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Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)

This may be the most important tax term since the tax code uses the AGI to limit a vast number of tax...

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Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

A different way of computing one’s tax liability; it MUST be used if the resulting tax is higher...

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Basis

Basis is the dollar value from which a taxpayer measures any gain or loss from an asset for income tax...

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Business Gifts

Gifts to customers, business contacts, clients, etc., are deductible if they are otherwise ordinary and...

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Capital Gain

Gains from the sale of certain assets owned for more than one year and inherited assets such as stocks,...

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Capital Loss

This is generally a loss from the sale of investment property such as stocks, bonds and land. Losses...

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Constructive Receipt

Generally, most individual taxpayers are considered cash basis taxpayers. That means they pay taxes on...

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