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net asset value : the portion represented by one share of stock of the excess of the market value of a corporation's assets over its liabilities ...
net assets
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asset
asset [back-formation from assets, singular, sufficient property to pay debts and legacies, from Anglo-French asetz, from Old French asez enough] 1 : the entire property of a person, business organization, or estate that is subject to the payment of debts used in pl. compare equity 2 : an item of property owned admitted asset : an asset allowed by law to be included in determining the financial condition of an insurance company compare nonadmitted asset in this entry appointive asset : an asset in an estate that is to be distributed under a power of appointment capital asset : a tangible or intangible long-term asset esp. that is not regularly bought or sold as part of the owner's business ;specif : any asset classified as a capital asset by law (as section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code) cur·rent asset : a short-term asset (as inventory, an account receivable, or a note) that can be quickly converted into cash equitable asset : an asset esp. in an estate that is sub...
net worth
net worth : the excess of the value of assets over liabilities : net assets at asset ...
Net wealth
Net wealth, 'net wealth' means the amount by which the aggregate value computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act of all the assets wherever located, belonging to the assessee on the valuation date, including assets required to be included in his net wealth as on that date under this Act, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Bishwanath Chatterjee, AIR 1976 SC 1492 (1494): (1976) 3 SCC 385: (1976) 3 SCR 1096. [Wealth Tax Act, 1957, ss. 2(m) and 21(5)]It means the amount by which the aggregate value computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act of all the assets, wherever located, belonging to the assessee on the valuation date, including assets required to be included in his net wealth as on that date under this Act, is in excess of the aggregate value of all the debts owed by the assessee on the valuation date which have been incurred in relation to the said assets. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 32 (m)]A coparcenary has unity of possession but not unity of owners...
Net-worth
Net-worth, means the sum total of the paid-up capital and free reserves. [Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (1 of 1986), s. 3 (1) (ga)]The concept of 'Net Worth' always denotes the excess of the book value of all assets over liabilities and market value of the assets is never taken into consideration; in fact the market value of assets which gives the 'current worth' becomes a relevant factor when in liquidation the question has to be considered whether the company possesses assets which would be sufficient to meet all its creditors or not, Commissioner of Income Tax v. Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, AIR 1984 SC 1182 (1193): (1983) 4 SCC 392: (1983) 3 SCR 773....
net quick assets
net quick assets see asset ...
Net wealth tax
Net wealth tax, readings on Taxation in Developing, Countries by Fird and Oldman elucidates the concept of Wealth Tax as follows, at page 281: 'The term 'net wealth tax' is therefore deemed to be imposed on the person of the taxpayer, while the property tax often deemed to be imposed on an object - the property itself.' In Harvard Law School World Tax Series - Taxation in Columbia Net Wealth Tax is defined at page 451 thus: 'As a general rule, all debts owed by a tax-payers, whether to residents or to non-residents, are deductible if their existence is established in conformity with the legal requirements. The usual test of deductibility, as applied by the Division of National Taxes, is whether or not there is an actual, enforceable legal obligation the amount of which is fixed or computable as on December 31, of the tax year.' According to Harvard Law School World Tax Series - Taxation in Sweden - this tax has been levied in Sweden since a long time. Now it is regulated by law enacted...
goodwill
goodwill 1 : an intangible asset that is made up of the favor or prestige which a business has acquired beyond the mere value of what it sells due to the personality or experience of those conducting it, their reputation for skill or dependability, the business's location, or any other circumstance incidental to the business that tends to draw and retain customers 2 a : the value of projected increases in the earnings of a business esp. as part of its purchase price b : the excess of the purchase price of a business above the value assigned for tax purposes to its other net assets NOTE: The Internal Revenue Code requires the purchaser of a business to allocate the purchase price among the various types of assets. Frequently the purchase price is greater than the sum of the values of the individual assets. The excess is labeled goodwill. Because of its indefinite life, goodwill is not amortizable as an asset. The purchaser will therefore usually try to keep the allocation to goodw...
patrimony
patrimony pl: -nies [Middle French patrimonie, from Latin patrimonium, from patr- pater father] 1 : an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor [to deprive her and her coheirs of their "Wells Fargo Bank v. Kincaid, 260 Cal. App. 2d 120 (1968)"] 2 : an estate or endowment belonging to a church [the property of a dissolved parish shall pass to the of the diocese] 3 in the civil law of Louisiana : the net assets of a person : the sum of a person's assets and liabilities [reimbursement shall be made from the of the spouse who owes reimbursement "Louisiana Civil Code"] ...
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