However, in the United States, there are all of these special rules that apply.
More than mere rates, what most people find inequitable is Byzantine complexity and endless special rules.
This risk is amplified by special rules created by politicians that encourage banks to lend freely to governments.
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There are special rules that apply to private money managers but to which public pensions seem to be oblivious.
It won majority support but did not pass because it was brought up under special rules requiring a two-thirds majority.
So why on Earth do we need special rules for what may or may not be transmitted by an electronic network?
But Congress enacted special rules that forbid any Social Security spending cuts or revenue increases being used to pay for other programs.
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Under special rules for asbestos bankruptcies, 75% of the claimants--anybody with a lawsuit, no matter how flimsy--must approve Grace's plan of reorganization.
The special rules that give the police extraordinary powers do not lapse unless Parliament expressly passes a resolution annulling the state of emergency.
However, the real estate professional special rules that apply when rental activities are aggregated to achieve material participation status suggest trade or business treatment.
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Indeed, said Stevens, both the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions require that war crimes trials be conducted by regularly constituted courts, not special courts with special rules.
For over a hundred years Congress has made a judgment that corporations must be subject to special rules when they participate in elections, and this Court has never questioned that judgment.
There are special rules for these kinds of cases.
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Crafting special rules for software patents raises another concern.
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There are also special rules for artwork, real estate and other assets, especially as they relate to capital losses and carry forwards but those are way beyond the scope of this piece.
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One advantage of the ETN packaging comes at tax time when you receive a standard 1099 form instead of the more complicated K-1 and special rules governing the taxation of MLP distributions.
So any special rules for software patents will just push innovators and their patent lawyers to seek patent protection for hardware that achieves the same outcome, obtaining the synthetic equivalent of a software patent.
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When it comes to conventions, travel expenses for those inside North America are deductible if you can show that your attendance benefits your trade or business (those held outside North America are subject to special rules).
Coming mainly from Bulgaria and Romania, they have the right to enter France without a visa but, under special rules, they must have work or residency permits if they wish to stay longer than three months.
Special tax rules are not reviewed regularly whereas agency budgets are subject to annual review.
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Notice 2011-66 explains how these executors can opt out of the estate tax, and Revenue Procedure 2011-41 explains the special tax rules that apply to assets when executors opt out of the estate tax.
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This work makes me extremely confident that had Charlie Sheen been managed according to a special set of rules that apply exclusively to Super Talent, Two and a Half Men would be in production today.
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If we're going to have a special set of rules for groups focused on elections and lobbying -- which we should -- then we need rules that mark clearer lines between political and nonpolitical activity, and an agency with the will and the resources to enforce them.
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As a background matter, foundations must follow a special set of tax rules in order to avoid certain penalties.
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