Match Each Statement with the Correct Term Below

question 89

Multiple Choice

Match each statement with the correct term below.
-Ordinary Expense

• A)Specifically disallowed.
• B)Appropriate and helpful.
• C)Considered a trade or business.
• D)Not considered a trade or business.
• E)Problems with this generally arise with related parties.
• F)This is met when services or property are provided to the taxpayer.
• G)Normal, common, and accepted but not necessarily regularly recurring.
• H)This is met when the existence and the amount of a liability have been established.

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Definitions:

Organized Exchange

A regulated marketplace for the trading of securities, commodities, derivatives, and other financial instruments.

Futures Contracts

Standardized agreements to buy or sell a particular commodity or financial instrument at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future.

Traded

The act of buying, selling, or exchanging assets, securities, or commodities in financial markets.

Long Hedge

A strategy used to mitigate the risk of price increases in commodities or securities by taking a long position in futures contracts.