Description of Tax Bills (S. 578, S. 768, S. 1276, and S. 1472): Scheduled for a Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the Committee on Finance on September 25, 1981 |
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Under present law , a taxpayer may " write down " the value of its inventories ( thereby decreasing gross income in the year of writedown ) if the taxpayer uses the lower of cost or market method of inventory accounting or , in the case ...
Under present law , a taxpayer may " write down " the value of its inventories ( thereby decreasing gross income in the year of writedown ) if the taxpayer uses the lower of cost or market method of inventory accounting or , in the case ...
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A taxpayer using the latter method is permitted to write down the value of inventory items from the cost of the items to market value . ( In general , the market value of merchandise is the bid price prevailing in the marketplace for ...
A taxpayer using the latter method is permitted to write down the value of inventory items from the cost of the items to market value . ( In general , the market value of merchandise is the bid price prevailing in the marketplace for ...
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Therefore , the company wrote the inventory down to scrap value for both financial statement purposes and tax purposes . ... Also , the writedown did not reflect an offer to sell the replacement parts at less than market value or actual ...
Therefore , the company wrote the inventory down to scrap value for both financial statement purposes and tax purposes . ... Also , the writedown did not reflect an offer to sell the replacement parts at less than market value or actual ...
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regulations , normal goods may be written down to below market value if the goods are offered for sale at below market prices in the taxable year the writedown is to be taken . The taxpayers claim that if they had had proper notice of ...
regulations , normal goods may be written down to below market value if the goods are offered for sale at below market prices in the taxable year the writedown is to be taken . The taxpayers claim that if they had had proper notice of ...
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Thus , when the value of an item of inventory declines below cost , a taxpayer using FIFO may write off the decline in value ( “ market writedowns ” ) and carry the inventory at its new lower value . Under LIFO , the taxpayer may not ...
Thus , when the value of an item of inventory declines below cost , a taxpayer using FIFO may write off the decline in value ( “ market writedowns ” ) and carry the inventory at its new lower value . Under LIFO , the taxpayer may not ...
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| Title | Description of Tax Bills (S. 578, S. 768, S. 1276, and S. 1472): Scheduled for a Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the Committee on Finance on September 25, 1981 |
| Contributors | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management, United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Taxation |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 |
| Original from | Purdue University |
| Digitized | 27 Aug 2012 |
| Length | 14 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |