A duty is a tax levied on products that are imported or exported from a different country. If a manufacturer wants to ship his product to another country and sell it there, he may have to pay a duty for sending it out of the first country and another duty for sending it into the second, depending on the tax laws in place in each country.
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A Duty is…
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009A CEO is…
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009A CEO is the Chief Executive Officer of a corporation; hired by the Board of Directors, the CEO is the person who is in charge of the strategic direction, management of operations, and financial results of the company.
A Stockholder is…
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009A stockholder is another name for a shareholder or a stakeholder. It’s a person who owns shares of a company’s stock.
A Grantmaker is…
Monday, August 17th, 2009A grantmaker is a person or an organization that donates money (in the form of grants) to a charitable organization. It’s basically synonymous with donor and can refer to foundations or corporate giving programs donating huge amounts of money, or a just a regular person making a minor donation to a local charity.
Gross Profit is…
Monday, August 17th, 2009Gross profit is an accounting calculation of expenses subtracted from total sales. In other words if a company sold $100 worth of pencils in a month and it cost them $20 to manufacture, sell and pay for labor, then the gross profit is $80.
A W-9 is…
Monday, August 17th, 2009A W-9 is an IRS form that companies use to collect and verify tax information from freelance and other temporary workers. It’s just a tax record and verification for the company so it can keep track of everyone who it has paid – the IRS wants to know about a person, even if he or she worked for only two days.
A Board of Directors is…
Monday, August 17th, 2009A Board of Directors is a group of individuals elected by the shareholders of a company to represent the interests of the shareholders and also to govern the affairs of a corporation. The Board is an overseer not a manager of the corporation.
Disinflation is…
Monday, August 17th, 2009Disinflation is when the rate of inflation slows down. Inflation is still happening (it’s not zero or negative), it just is not as strong as it was before.
A Public Company is…
Monday, August 17th, 2009A public company is a company that is traded on a stock market and its shareholders have a say in how the company is run.