A contingent liability is not an actual liability. Instead, it is a potential liability that depends on a future event arising out of a Dast transaction.

或有负债不是实际的负债，而是过去交易所产生的未来事项而估计的潜在负债。

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Third, the issuers, listed companies by controlling shareholders and actual controllers fault shall bear joint and several liability.

第三，发行人，上市公司控股股东和实际控制人过错，应当承担连带赔偿责任公司。

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For example, taxes should be discounted from their actual payment date, not from the time when the tax liability is recorded in the firm's books.

例如，税收应该从它们的实际支付日被贴现，不是从税收负债被记入公司账簿的时候。

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In any situation involving actual liability, you will still want to consult a professional forensics consultant (and a lawyer), but for more casual curiosity, you can become your own pixel sleuth.

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If you elect to report your use tax on your income tax return, you may report your actual use tax liability or use the Use Tax Lookup Table provided in the return instructions.

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Indeed they are available to "taxpayers" who don't pay taxes, which is to say that in some cases they can result in a negative tax liability--an actual subsidy, as that word is commonly understood.

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