How Does a Taxpayer Determine If "Substantial Authority" Exists for a Tax

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Essay

How does a taxpayer determine if "substantial authority" exists for a tax treatment the taxpayer desires to adopt?

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The growth in aggregate expenditure brought about by generating an extra unit of a product or service.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, where costs include both explicit and implicit costs.

Competitive Firm

A company that operates in a market where it must take the prevailing market price as given because the firm's individual sales do not significantly affect the market price.

Total Revenue

The total income generated by a firm from selling its goods or services, calculated as the price per unit times the number of units sold.