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When Married Persons File a Joint Return, Joint and Several

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When married persons file a joint return, joint and several liability results. What does this mean?


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Unrealized Loss

A loss that results from holding onto an asset that has decreased in price, but has not actually been sold for a loss.

Available-For-Sale Securities

Financial assets that are intended to be sold in the short term, not held to maturity, and are recorded at fair market value.

Market Values

The present rate at which a service or asset is available for purchase or sale on the market.

Adjusting Entry

An accounting entry made in the journals at the end of an accounting period to allocate revenue and expenses to the period in which they actually occurred.

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