The American Bar Association's intellectual property law section has also expressed its support.
It concerns whether interest paid by a state on the amount it owed for taking property was excludible under Section 103 (Interest on State and Local Bonds).
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One suggestion, supported by telecoms firms, consumer groups and Internet activists, is that the section covering intellectual property should be excluded from the convention, so that the agreement applies only to disputes over the sale of goods and services.
Mullen wrote that he and other agents began secret monitoring of the property, located in the High Bridge section of the Bronx near Yankee Stadium.
The argument the IRS has is that there is a Code section that protects people who turn property over to the IRS, even if the levy turns out to be wrongful.
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After all, with decreased property tax, income tax, sales and use tax, what other major section of the economy is left?
One classic ploy is the Section 1031 exchange, in which you swap one piece of investment property, like an apartment building, for another and roll over your gain.
To his rescue came quirky Section 1031 of the tax code, under which the owner of investment property (a farm, an airplane, you name it) who swaps it for similar property does not recognize a taxable gain.
Section 206 provides a juicy capital-gains tax exemption for contributions of property for conservation, meaning wealthy environmentalists with extra acreage will be able to take a tax deduction for the appreciated property and have the environmental organization preserve it, adding to the value of the primary property.
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The so-called bonus depreciation rules are available under Section 168(k) of the IRS code, and typically apply to qualified property with no limits.
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It tells officers not be deterred if they see a "squatter's rights" notice on the door as "the police have lawful authority under section 17 of PACE (the Police and Criminal Evidence Act) to enter the property to make an arrest".
The donation in Scharf was made in 1967 before Congress amended section 170 to disallow a charitable contribution deduction for the contribution of a partial interest in property, and the standard applied in Scharf was subsequently superseded by the quid pro quo standard for charitable contribution deductions established by the Supreme Court in Am.
Those powers are mostly listed in Article I, section 8, and they include coining money, establishing post offices and roads, and protecting intellectual property.
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We recommend that Property Conservation management undertakes a thorough review of the risks - both operational and reputational - that attach to the section's operations and ensures that adequate controls are put in place to manage those risks.
But Georgia Power, which requested the right to use the property in April 2011, says that the gift was made after it had announced its plans to utilize a section of Mansfield.
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