But fees for business-related crimes get deducted all the time.

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Properties are valued by discounting net cash flow or the cash available to owners after all expenses have been deducted from leasing income.

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All three figures - the gross amount, the tax deducted (or tax credit) and the net cash received - need to be entered into the form.

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He also proposes immediate expensing for capital investment, which means that capital costs can be deducted in the year they are incurred, like all other business expenses, rather than spread over many years under arbitrary depreciation schedules.

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With most corporations, all pay (to executives as well as rank and file workers) is deducted by the corporation as a business expense.

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As required by Congress, life insurance was deducted from awards, on the theory that the settlement should reflect all compensation due as a result of the attack.

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Southampton are the fifth Football League team to be deducted points this season - Darlington entered administration, while Luton, Bournemouth and Rotherham were all penalised for coming out of administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement in place, as per the League's insolvency guidelines.

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