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earnings and profits

earnings and profits. Corporations. In corporate taxation, the measure of a corporation’s economic capacity to make a shareholder distribution that is not a return of capital. • The distribution will be dividend income to the shareholders to the extent of the corporation’s current and accumulated earnings and profits. Cf. accumulated-earnings tax under TAX; accumulated taxable […]

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before and after theory

before-and-after theory. Antitrust. A method of determining damages for lost profits (and sometimes overcharges), whereby the plaintiff’s profits are examined before, during, and after the violation to estimate the reduction in profits due to the defendant’s violation. — Also termed before-and-after method. Cf. YARDSTICK THEORY; MARKET-SHARE THEORY. “In its simplest form, the [before-and-after] theory looks

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recapture

recapture, n. 1. The act or an instance of retaking or reacquiring; recovery. 2. The lawful taking by the government of earnings or profits exceeding a specified amount; esp., the government’s recovery of a tax benefit (such as a deduction or credit) by taxing income or property that no longer qualifies for the benefit. [Cases:

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taxation

taxation. 1. The imposition or assessment of a tax; the means by which the state obtains the revenue required for its activities. [Cases: Internal Revenue 3001–3007; Taxation 1. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 2, 4; Taxation §§ 1–3, 5–6.] double taxation. 1. The imposition of two taxes on the same property during the same period and

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