Tag: DI

  • Disability Program

    Disability Program is. one of five programs in the Social Security system, under which monthly payments are made to a disabled worker who has earned enough Social Security credits. Other family members of a qualifying worker may also receive payments under the disability program….

  • Discount Bond

    Discount Bond means:a bond offered below face value. See also other Tax Terms and Definitions in U.S.A. bond discount; original issue discount; zero-coupon bond….

  • Distribution

    Distribution may have one of the following meanings, depending the context of the term: 1. a payout of cash or property from a corporation to a shareholder. Examples include dividends, stock redemptions, partial liquidations, liquidations, corporate reorganizations, and other corporate transactions….

  • Disproportionate Distribution

    Disproportionate Distribution means:a distribution in which some shareholders receive cash or other property and others receive increased proportionate interests in the assets or the earnings and profits of the corporation. A disproportionate distribution of stock or stock rights is taxable inco…

  • Disqualified Distribution

    Disqualified Distribution means:a distribution in which any person, immediately after a divisive reorganization, holds a 50% or greater interest in either the parent company or a distributed subsidiary in which the interest consists of disqualified stock. Former IRC (check <a href="http://lawi.u…

  • Diary

    Diary means:a daily, written record of occurrences, experiences, observations, or thoughts. For example, a taxpayer should keep a diary of the miles driven for business purposes….

  • District Court

    District Court means:a court that hears civil actions against the United States for the recovery of any tax alleged to have been erroneously or illegally assessed or collected by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Trial by jury is available at the preference of either the petitioner (the taxpaye…

  • Dividend

    Dividend means:a payment by a corporation to shareholders, taxable as ordinary income, for which most corporations receive no deduction. However, some investor-owned public utilities are entitled to a limited deduction for dividends paid on certain preferred stock. Such amount may be taxed to th…

  • Diesel Fuel Credit

    Diesel Fuel Credit means:a one-time credit to the original purchaser of $100 for the purchase of a diesel-powered automobile, or of $198 for a van (weighing 10,000 pounds or less). Claimed on Former Federal Tax Form (check here if the Form is curr…

  • Disabled Access Credit

    Disabled Access Credit means:a nonrefundable credit for expenditures incurred by eligible small businesses to provide access to disabled people. The claimable amount for a tax year is limited to 50% of the eligible expenditures that exceed $250, not to exceed $10,250. The maximum annual credit i…