TELEFILE
Tax service enabling taxpayers to file Form 1040EZ using a touch-tone phone. Provided by the Internal Revenue Service from 1997-2005, it worked by letting individuals dial the numbers on their tax return into the phone to submit their income.
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Applied Overhead
Under the method of cost-accounting, it records applied overhead which is the fixed charge to a department in a company or specific job production. ...
Currency Substitution
Replacing the domestic currency with a foreign currency in a transaction. Governments and citizens of developing nations have used foreign currenci ...
Black Tuesday
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 12% or over 16 million shares in a panic selloff on October 29. 1929.
Deductible
An amount subtracted from an individual's adjusted gross income to reduce the amount of taxable income. The amount you have to pay out-of-pocke ...
Jeffrey Sachs
An American economist and Director of the Earth Institute. Sachs also teaches sustainable development and health policy and management at Columbia ...
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Defining Inflation
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Digesting Financial Statements: Filing
Companies need to file several financial reports in different periods with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Buying a Home: Writing an Offer
You’re down to the last four steps to buying your dream house. Now, you need to write an offer and the seller has to accept it. Take into acc ...
Buying a Home: Looking for an Agent
You will need to find an agent if you want to purchase your dream house. These agents are the only ones who have access to lock box codes, which ar ...
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