Tax Glossary

Find the Right Tax Product

Compare 2012 Tax Products and estimate your price with our pricing tool. Start Now

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w

Click one of the letters above to advance the page to terms beginning with that letter.

1

1040 Form
1099-B Form
1099-G Form
1099-MISC Form
1099-MSA Form
1099-R Form
1099-S Form
1120 Form
1120S Form

2

3

4

401(k) Plan
4684
4868

5

6

8

9

a

Accelerated Depreciation
Accrual Method
Acquisition Debt
Active Participation
Adjusted Basis
Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
Adjustment
Adoption Credit
Alimony
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
Amortization
Applicable Federal Rate

b

Backup Withholding
Balloon Payment
Basis

c

C Corporation
Calendar Quarter
Cancellation of Debt
Capital Expenditure
Capital Gain
Capital Loss
Cash Method
Cash Wages
Child Support
Citizenship Test
Construction Interest Expense
Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA)

d

Deductions
Deferred Compensation
Deficiency
Dependent
Depreciable Property
Depreciation
Direct Transfer Method
Disaster Loss
Dual-Status Taxpayer

e

E-file
E-filing
Earned Income
Earned Income Credit (EIC)
Education IRA
Electronic Filing
Estate Tax
Estimated Tax Payments
Exemption
Expensing

f

Fair Market Value
First-year Expensing
Form 1040-ES
Form 1040A
Form 1040EZ
Form 1040NR
Form 1040X
Form 1041
Form 1065
Form 1098
Form 1098-E
Form 1098-T
Form 1099
Fringe Benefit

g

GainsKeeper
Garnishment
General Partner
Gift Tax
Gross Dividends
Gross Income
Gross Income Test
Group Life Insurance

h

Head of Household
Hobby Loss
Holding Period
Home Equity Debt
Household Employee

i

Imputed Interest
Incentive Stock Option
Indexing
Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA)
Installment Sale
Interest Expense
Interest Income
Investment in the Contract
Investment Interest Expense
IRA
Itemized Deductions

j

Joint Return
Joint Return Test

k

Keogh Plan
Kiddie Tax

l

Lifetime Learning Credit
Listed Property

m

Marital Deduction
Marketable Securities
Married Filing Jointly
Married Filing Separately
Medical Expenses
Medical Savings Account (MSA)
Mortgage Interest Expense
Multiple Support Agreement

n

Net Operating Loss

o

Original Issue Discount (OID)

p

Partnership
Passive Income
Passive Loss
Payroll Tax
Pension
Percentage Depletion
Personal Property
Progressive Tax
Property Tax

q

Qualified Adoption Expenses
Qualified Retirement Plan
Qualifying Widow(er)
QuickBooks
Quicken

r

Real Property
Refund
Relationship of Member of Household Test
Return of Capital
Rollover
Roth IRA
Royalty Income
RRB-1099

s

S Corporation
Salvage Value
Separate Return
Severance Pay
SS-4
SSA-1099
Standard Deduction
Support Test

t

Tax-Exempt Interest
Tax-Sheltered Annuity
Taxable Income
Taxpayer Identification Number

u

Underpayment Penalty
Useful Life

v

Vested Benefits

w

W-2 eXpress
W-2 Form
W-2G Form
W-4 Form
W-8BEN Form
W-9 Form
Withholding

2012 Online Tax Software

TurboTax

TaxACT

H&R Block At Home

CompleteTax

Fax to Email

Compare online fax services, like eFax, RingCentral and MyFax, and sign up for the best one so you can send and receive faxes through your email.

PBX Services

Compare virtual pbx services, like Phone.com, Virtual PBX and My1Voice and sign up for the provider that best fits your needs.