Applicants can, however, still fill out the FAFSA application online and manually input the data from their tax returns.

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This is the measure of output (taken as operating profit after tax and some other adjustments) less input (taken as the annual rental charge on the total capital employed, both debt and equity).

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Republicans, however, cautioned that they are interested in seeing significant tax cuts in the plan and expect to provide significant input into the process as well.

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Input data on, say, sales and demand for Palms, and SimFlex factors in Customs duties and tax policies to help choose where to have products made and how to ship them.

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To solve these problems, it helps to have two instruments to hand: a carbon tax to discourage pollution directly, and subsidies or other incentives to encourage innovation around the cleaner input.

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When you have your final 2012 tax information, you will need to submit it. (The Department of Education will remind you via email in the spring.) You'll be able to input your information on your own or use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, which imports data directly from your tax return, available online (at fafsa.ed.gov) starting Feb. 3.

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