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Substantiate
(redirected from substantiating)

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To establish the existence or truth of a particular fact through the use of competent evidence; to verify.

For example, an Eyewitness might be called by a party to a lawsuit to substantiate that party's testimony.
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According to the Service, reporting hours worked requiring the use of tools is not the equivalent of substantiating actual expenses incurred.
Tool allowances must be based on actual cost by O'Driscoll, David / The Tax Adviser
In lieu of substantiating actual expenses, however, in certain circumstances taxpayers may determine the deductible amount by electing to use the "deemed-substantiation" methods in revenue procedure 96-64.
Deemed substantiation of business travel expenses by Reichert, Charles J. / Journal of Accountancy
Thus, studies on ways of substantiating navy organization and development should constitute a single system that at the same time is a sub-system of a comprehensive complex of studies on substantiating the organizational development of the Armed Forces as a whole.
Naval force development: evolution of theory and practice by Petrenko, I.Ia. / Military Thought
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