undistributed profits tax

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• Undistributed profits tax — The Undistributed Profits Tax was enacted in 1936 by the United States administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), during the Great Depression . The UP Tax was a revenue program for FDR s New Deal. The act was… …   Wikipedia

• excess profits tax — Tax levied on profits which are beyond the normal profits of a business and generally imposed in times of national emergency such as war to discourage profiteering. The Internal Revenue Code also imposes a tax on corporations who accumulate an… …   Black's law dictionary

• excess profits tax — Tax levied on profits which are beyond the normal profits of a business and generally imposed in times of national emergency such as war to discourage profiteering. The Internal Revenue Code also imposes a tax on corporations who accumulate an… …   Black's law dictionary

• Undistributed profits — or returned earnings as they may be called is the portion of profits that some firms keep. These profits are usually reinvested into the business to expand or kept to maintain dividends when profits fluctuate or for tax liabilities Social… …   Wikipedia

• tax — A charge by the government on the income of an individual, corporation, or trust, as well as the value of an estate or gift. The objective in assessing the tax is to generate revenue to be used for the needs of the public. A pecuniary burden laid …   Black's law dictionary

• undistributed — UK US /ˌʌndɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪd/ adjective ACCOUNTING, FINANCE ► used to describe the part of a company s profits that it has kept rather than paid to shareholders: undistributed earnings/profit »The Chancellor is considering changes to the tax treatment …   Financial and business terms

• income tax — a tax levied on incomes, esp. an annual government tax on personal incomes. [1790 1800] * * * Levy imposed by public authority on the incomes of persons or corporations within its jurisdiction. In nations with an advanced system of private… …   Universalium

• United Kingdom corporation tax — Throughout this article, the unqualified term pound and the £ symbol refer to the United Kingdom pound. Taxation in the United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the United Kingdom Central government …   Wikipedia

• Corporate tax in the United States — Part of a series on Taxation Taxation in the United States …   Wikipedia

• Bottom of the harbour tax avoidance — was a form of tax avoidance used in Australia in the 1970s. Legislation (below) made it a criminal offence in 1980. The practice came to symbolise the worst of variously contrived tax strategies from those times. In its 1986/87 annual report, the …   Wikipedia

• profit — Most commonly, the gross proceeds of a business transaction less the costs of the transaction; i.e. net proceeds. Excess of revenues over expenses for a transaction; sometimes used synonymously with net income for the period. Gain realized from… …   Black's law dictionary