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Taxation Legal Terms and Definitions

 


 

Employee
Works for an employer. Employers can control when, where, and how the employee performs the work.

Limited Liability Company
An LLC may be classified for Federal income tax purposes either as a partnership, a corporation, or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from its owner by applying the rules in Regulations section 301.7701-3. See Form 8832, Entity Classification Election, for more details.

Federal income tax
The federal government levies a tax on personal income. The federal income tax provides for national programs such as defense, foreign affairs, law enforcement, and interest on the national debt.

Compulsory payroll tax
An automatic tax collected from employers and employees to finance specific programs.

Acquisition
The purchase of one corporation by another, through either the purchase of its shares, or the purchase of its assets.

Electric and Clean-Fuel Vehicles
For vehicles placed in service in 2004, the maximum clean-fuel vehicle deduction and qualified electric vehicle credit are scheduled to be reduced by 25%, as compared to 2003.

Family daycare providers
A family daycare provider is a person engaged in the business of providing family daycare.

Subchapter S
The S-Corporation must complete and file IRS Form 1120s to report its annual income to the IRS each year.

Self-Employment Tax
The self-employment tax rate on net earnings remains the same for 2003. This rate, 15.3%, is a total of 12.4% for social security (old-age, survivors, and disability insur­ance) and 2.9% for Medicare (hospital insurance).

Excise tax
A tax on the sale or use of specific products or transactions.

 

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There are tax rules if change in accounting method is made
Generally, the partnership must get IRS consent to change its method of accounting used to report income (for income as a whole or for any material item). To do so, it must file Form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting Method. See Form 3115 and Pub. 538, Accounting Periods and Methods.

 


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President Bush Signs Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005
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Taxation Terms

 


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Acquisition

Definition:
The purchase of one corporation by another, through either the purchase of its shares, or the purchase of its assets.

Meal Expense Deduction

Definition:
Generally, you can deduct only 50% of your business-re-lated meal expenses while traveling away from your tax home for business purposes. Also, you can generally de­duct only 50% of certain reimbursements you make to your employees for meal expenses they incur while traveling away from home on business.

Dependency exemption

Definition:
Amount that taxpayers can claim for their eligible dependents. Each exemption reduces the income subject to tax. The exemption amount is a set amount that changes from year to year.

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