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A gross-up clause is also used when a payment that is made will be subject to taxes and the payer makes an additional payment to indemnify the recipient against the taxes – that payment will also be subject to tax. The sequence of additional payment, tax calculation, additional payment continues until the recipient receives the same amount ...
Private letter rulings (PLRs), in the United States, are written decisions by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in response to taxpayer requests for guidance. [1] A letter ruling is "a written statement issued to a taxpayer by an Associate Chief Counsel Office of the Office of Chief Counsel or by the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division that interprets and applies the tax laws to a ...
The promisee may provide consideration to a third party, if this is agreed at the time the parties contracted. [10] The offeree must provide consideration, although the consideration does not have to flow to the offeror. For example, it is good consideration for person A to pay person C in return for services rendered by person B.
The first is "benefit-detriment theory," in which a contract must be either to the benefit of the promisor or to the detriment of the promisee to constitute consideration (though detriment to the promisee is the essential and invariable test of the existence of a consideration rather than whether it can be constituted by benefit to the promisor ...
One limitation on the holder's liability in the text of the FTC Holder Rule is that "recovery hereunder by the debtor shall not exceed amounts paid by the debtor hereunder". [6] In other words, the holder's liability to the debtor cannot exceed the amount of the debt actually paid by the debtor to the holder after the note was assigned.
The consideration conveyed by at least one side seeks to restrain legal proceedings [d] The consideration includes public offices or titles [e] The consideration involves involuntary labour or otherwise infringes upon the personal liberty of a party to the contract [f] The consideration includes a marriage or a pecuniary inducement to marry.
Stimulus payments will vary, but the maximum amount an eligible taxpayer could receive is $1,400, according to the IRS. The total estimated amount being dispersed nationwide is $2.4 billion, the ...
A poll tax, also called a per capita tax, or capitation tax, is a tax that levies a set amount per individual. It is an example of the concept of fixed tax. One of the earliest taxes mentioned in the Bible of a half-shekel per annum from each adult Jew (Ex. 30:11–16) was a form of the poll tax. Poll taxes are administratively cheap because ...