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The Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) is an act in some states of the United States that allows assets such as securities, where the donor has given up all possession and control, to be held in the custodian's name for the benefit of the minor without an attorney needing to set up a special trust fund. This allows a minor in the United States ...
In a constructive liquidation, the following events are deemed to occur: (a) all partnership liabilities become due; (b) all partnership assets become worthless; (c) the partnership assets are sold for no consideration other than relief of the partnership's liabilities; (d) all partnership items are allocated among the partners; and (e) the ...
The Uniform Transfers To Minors Act (UTMA) is a uniform act drafted and recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1986, and subsequently enacted by all U.S. States, which provides a mechanism under which gifts can be made to a minor without requiring the presence of an appointed guardian for the minor, and which satisfies the Internal Revenue Service ...
When the purchaser of an intangible asset is allowed to amortize the price of the asset as an expense for tax purposes, the value of the asset is enhanced by this tax amortization benefit. [1] Specifically, the fair market value of the asset is increased by the present value of the future tax savings derived from the tax amortization of the ...
The assets and liabilities of the official, his or her spouse, and any unmarried children under 18 who are living at home, must be included. [3] Real property must be listed with the "description, kind, location, year and mode of acquisition, assessed value, fair market value, acquisition cost of land, building, etc. including improvements ...
Accumulated earnings tax and personal holding companies 581–597: Banks: special rules for certain items 611–638: Natural resources provisions: depletion, etc. 641–692: Trusts & estates: definitions, income tax on same & beneficiaries 701–777: Partnerships: definitions, treatment of entities and members, special rules (Subchapter K) 801 ...
A tax deduction or benefit is an amount deducted from taxable income, usually based on expenses such as those incurred to produce additional income. Tax deductions are a form of tax incentives, along with exemptions and tax credits. The difference between deductions, exemptions, and credits is that deductions and exemptions both reduce taxable ...
In financial accounting under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), a provision is an account that records a present liability of an entity. The recording of the liability in the entity's balance sheet is matched to an appropriate expense account on the entity's income statement.