Medicare assigns each clinical procedure a different RVU and then multiplies this figure by a fixed amount of money to arrive at how much it will pay a doctor for a given task.
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Similar to the calculation for individuals, the AGI for the taxable year is first reduced by a fixed threshold amount, and then compared to UNII.
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This is made worse by an odd pricing system, under which firms charge a fixed amount, instead of billing their customers by the hour.
They then pay either a fixed fee or for the amount of electricity produced by the solar panels each month.
When a credit card users make a purchase using his or her card, the merchant is charged a transaction fee by its bank that typically includes a fixed charge plus a percentage of the amount charged.
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Every portfolio is rebalanced back to its fixed target of stocks and bonds when the percentage is off by a meaningful amount.
All other denominations would be tokens, made of a metal too cheap to be worth melting down, that could be exchanged for higher-denomination ones (or for a set amount of the precious metal) at a rate fixed and guaranteed by the government.
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Meanwhile, higher earners will receive a fixed amount of "protected" pension for each year of service, topped up by the proceeds from their money purchase account.
In the conventional Stirling engine, a fixed amount of helium is compressed in a cool chamber and then transferred to a chamber heated by an external burner.
The amount of money can be fixed (such as a dollar or percentage amount) or it can be the amount of income generated by the trust so long as it meets the thresholds under the Tax Code.
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