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- noun Alternative spelling of
write-off .
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Examples
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The writeoff, which is required by accounting rules, is forced by the sliding sales and profits of the newspaper division.
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June 30th, 2009 12: 07 pm ET does nobody care that this guy used a federal vehicle to go to the airport, to travel out of country, all on taxpayer funded writeoff too see his mistress without telling anyone and playing "where's sanford?"
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If the taxpayer falls into the alternative minimum tax, which was designed to tax the wealthy by limiting deductions, there isn't any writeoff at all.
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Why didn't Obama explain to the grads that many of them will be unable to writeoff the interest on there student loans because they make to much.
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The charitable writeoff is a lot more valuable with the 44% top tax rate that President Obama is seeking than at, say, a 25% rate.
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Another benefit is the tax writeoff of the difference between the list and the lower contractual price the provider accepts from the insurer.
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(Smart vendors will work out a payment plan over time to avoid a writeoff.)
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Adding to MGM Grand's woes, its 4,500-room joint venture with Dubai World, shows all signs of crumbling (a $200 million writeoff from the project has already been taken).
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"They can receive a tax writeoff, people will be fed, and it will stop food waste."
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Inc. swung to a quarterly profit on revenue that more than doubled, as rebounding purchases of chip-manufacturing equipment outweighed a big writeoff from discontinuing one of its businesses.
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