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The apportionment or designation of an item for a specific purpose or to a particular place. In the law of trusts, the allocation of cash dividends earned by a stock that makes up the principal of a trust for a beneficiary usually means that the dividends will be treated as income to be paid to the beneficiary. The allocation of stock dividends generally means that such dividends will be added to the shares of stock held as principal, thereby increasing its size. See also: allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, arrangement, assignment, budget, circulation, classification, consignment, coupon, dispensation, distribution, division, interest, order, part, portion, quota, share ALLOCATION, Eng. law. An allowance upon account in the Exchequer; or rather, placing or adding to a thing. Ency. Lond. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The IRS issued final regulations (TD 9208) clarifying how taxpayers
may (1) avoid application of the automatic generation-skipping transfer
(GST) tax exemption allocation rules applicable to transfers to a GST
trust and (2) terminate such an election.
Utility Allocation combines actual usage data with the applicable
utility tariff to enhance accuracy and ensure fairness in
landlord-tenant energy billing.
Realization and allocation are central concepts of current GAAP, but
they are the very reason why GAAP does such a poor job of reporting the
real-world effects of economic events. |
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