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acquire

(Receive), verb accept, achieve, adipisci, adopt, be given, come into possession of, derive, gain, glean, obtain, reap, take in, win

acquire

(Secure), verb adquirere, annex, appropriate, assume, assume ownership, attain, exact, extort, extract, force from, gain, get, make one's own, obtain by any means, purchase, realize, steal, take, take possession, wrest from
Associated concepts: acquire a business, acquire by fraud, acquire by gift, acquire by inheritance, acquire by will, accuire for resale, acquire ownership
Foreign phrases: Incorporalia bello non adquiruntur.Things incorporeal are not acquired in war.

TO ACQUIRE, descents, contracts. To make property one's own.
2. Title to property is acquired in two ways, by descent, (q.v.) and by purchase (q.v.). Acquisition by purchase, is either by, 1. Escheat. 2. Occupancy. 3. Prescription. 4. Forfeiture. 5. Alienation, which is either by deed or by matter of record. Things which cannot be sold, cannot be acquired.

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For the business activities in the foreign country in which the acquiring corporation is organized to be substantial, they must be substantial when compared to the total business activities of the entire EAG.

IRS issues additional guidance on Sec. 7874 inversions

In view of these considerations, substituting the schedules of the acquiring organization for the old ones, or incorporating newly acquired records into a preexisting schedule is a perfectly appropriate practice.

Retention of Merger and Acquisition Records and Information

Thus, the shareholders must own the requisite interest in both the acquiring corporation and either the distributing or controlled corporation (whichever is not acquired).

The new anti-Morris trust and intragroup spin provisions

TSYS Acquiring Solutions is the preeminent supplier of acquiring solutions, related systems and integrated support services to the acquiring industry and its customers.

TSYS Acquiring Solutions Renews Agreement with Moneris Solutions

If a 401(k) plan is properly terminated before the transition and distributions are made, the next issue is whether the distributions from the terminated plan should be accepted as rollovers into the acquiring firm's existing plan.

CLOSING THE DEAL IRONING OUT PENSION PLAN ISSUES DURING A MERGER OR ACQUISITION

As explained in the preamble, the cases are read as holding that if T transfers its assets to an acquiring corporation (P) in exchange for stock of the corporation controlling P (as in Groman), or if P acquires the T assets but pursuant to the plan of reorganization transfers them to a controlled subsidiary (as in Bashford), the continuity-of-interest doctrine is not satisfied.

Proposed section 368 regulations (remote continuity-of-interest doctrine). (Tax Executive Institute's comments submitted to IRS on April 30, 1997)

Instead, continuity is measured based on the percentage of consideration received that constitutes a continuing equity ownership interest in the acquiring company when the reorganization is completed.

Small business tax solutions

TSYS Acquiring Solutions provides us with a broad set of solutions, systems reliability and service excellence that will help us expand our offerings and operate on a larger scale.

TSYS Acquiring Solutions Signs Processing Agreement with Clearent

Application of the purchase method requires' the identification of the acquiring entity.

Tax implications of FASs 141 and 142

38, Accounting for Preacquisition Contingencies of Purchased Enterprises, has been widely taken to mean an acquiring entity can take up to one year to reanalyze its acquisition costs.

Acquisition accounting: SEC closes the GAAP

To qualify for a B-type reorganization, section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code requires the acquiring corporation to use only voting stock as consideration in the acquisition of control of the acquired corporation.

The use of "boot" in B-type reorganizations

TSYS Acquiring Solutions(SM), formerly Vital Processing Services, the pre-eminent supplier of acquiring solutions, related systems and integrated support services to the acquiring industry, has reached an agreement to provide transaction processing services for National Processing Company (NPC), formerly Iron Triangle Payment Systems.