amortization

From 2014 to 2018, records show Ballmer reported a total of $700 million in losses from his ownership of the Clippers, almost certainly composed mainly of paper losses from amortization.

The amortization benefit can turn a loss into an even larger loss, which can then be used to offset other income and save money on taxes.

The tax write-off for amortization, Gilbert’s lawyer argued, is essential to all businesses, from restaurants to factories to sports franchises.

However, with amortization, you can remove $120 million from your income, which means you don’t have to pay taxes on it.

Before the rules around amortization were loosened in the 1990s and 2000s, the IRS often insisted that assets could only be amortized if they had a real, finite lifespan and actually lost value over time.

Surplus revenues enabled the amortization of its debt; and by 1852 the revenue exceeded three million dollars annually.

"'Amortization' is the word, Colonel," was Smith's prompt verdict after he had gone over Martin's summaries.

This amortization of the Republic's debt for these improvements has been going steadily forward.

No effort is made to levy tolls that will provide for interest charges, or for the amortization of the principal.