In 2010, Romney had plenty of passive-loss carryovers, so he is not trying to milk every loss on his return by hunting for passive-activity income either.
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Meanwhile, congressional efforts to encourage wealthy individuals to purchase low-income housing through the passive-loss provision had proven problematic as investors allowed their properties to decline to capture a greater tax write-off.
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For these reasons I feel the way to play the "winner's game" is to strive to "be the market" (through the use of low-fee, passive-oriented investment strategies and a heavy emphasis on asset allocation) as opposed to trying to "beat the market" (by looking for the proverbial higher-fee, four-leaf clover in the vast fields of the investment landscape).
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That often hinders decision-making and creates a lot of passive-aggressiveness between teams that should be cooperating.
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Older houses also can also be renovated to meet passive-house standards, but such renovations are rare because of the extra-thick walls and high technological requirements that certified passive houses demand.
Although taxes for investment properties have been traditionally softer than for other types of investing, second homes seem to be a gray spot for the IRS. All rental losses are passive losses or hobby losses, and these can only be used against--written-off against--income from other passive activities like other rentals, a private partnership you don't help operate or an S-corporation.
Building new passive houses and renovating existing buildings to passive-house standards are tiny steps in Germany's daunting challenge to cut energy consumption as it seeks to replace nuclear power with renewable energy.
The BRAVEN SIX Series speakers have two custom extended-range drivers and 3 watt speaker output providing high-fidelity stereo audio with left- and right-channel passive sub woofers.
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Night-vision lets the driver see up to five times as far, using a passive infra-red sensor.
Congress had seen its earlier efforts to incentivize the investment of corporate resources in the development of low-income housing, including the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) and the passive-loss provision in the Economic Recovery Act of 1981, fail.
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The passive activity loss rules require us to divide our trade or business activities into passive and non-passive buckets.
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The passive-loss provision from 1981 worked in tandem with the LIHTC to allow corporations to double-dip when it came to applying federal tax incentives.
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Nor did they have any passive tax-investment in the American auto industry, with General Motors .
Also, be wary of investments that generate passive losses--they're often not allowed in AMT.
What the dog at the White House did Thursday is called passive indication -- sitting.
And just to be clear, there is no passive-aggressive, conditional, manipulative nonsense behind my statement.
That said, hearing you are passive-aggressive from 10 different people described 10 different ways becomes hard to ignore.
Recently, I observed a company where passive-aggressive behavior is rapidly becoming embedded into the culture of the organization.
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There were many Tweets that did their best to discredit or dismiss us, though it was mostly passive-aggressive.
Pam may be a sweetie, but she has a history of passive-aggressive insecurity, fear of change, and, well, sneakiness.
"Sometimes it (traditional theatre) does feel passive - like it doesn't matter if I'm here or not, " he says.
Employees dealing with passive-aggressive leaders need to find a way to bring it to the attention of their CEO.
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For any wondering what passive-aggressive behavior looks like, I will try and give some examples that paint a picture.
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Traditional mutual funds tend to be actively managed, while ETFs adhere to a passive index-tracking strategy, and therefore have lower expense ratios.
Surgeons could still order a passive-motion machine or a preferred prosthesis.
Perhaps the people are passive-aggressive and never say anything out loud.
Most ETFs are passive index-trackers which report their positions every day.
Approximately 60 percent of the allocation is already managed in passive index-tracking portfolios and the remaining 40 percent is managed externally by active investment management firms.
The card actually started trending this week after several online publications picked up on the company's lofty idea of passive-aggressive extortion, and most took it to task.
The day after a knee replacement, most orthopedic surgeons have their patients use a continuous passive-motion machine, which flexes and extends the knee as they lie in bed.
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