FORM 6781
A form issued by the IRS used to report gains and losses from straddles or financial contracts. Section 1256 contracts include regulated futures contracts, foreign currency contracts, options, dealer equity options or dealer securities futures contracts. These investments are considered "sold" at year end (even if the positions are not actually closed) for tax purposes, and are assigned their fair market value in order to determine gains and losses. Individual tax filers report gains and losses for contracts according to mark-to-market rules.
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Capital Commitment
Future capital payments that a firm has pledged to pay out on long-term assets over a particular time period. This also talks about the securities ...
Overwithholding
A term which refers to an excess amount of tax being withheld for an employee. It will be sent back as a refund to the taxpayer after he or she fil ...
Diluted Earnings Per Share - Diluted EPS
It is the measure of a company’s profits.
Covenant
Promise a firm made to an indenture or other formal debt agreement, stating some activities will or won’t be carried out. In finance, it freq ...
Gross Spread
Difference between the security price paid by the underwriter and the actual price charged to the public. The spread compensates the underwriters o ...
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