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BASIS Definition
BASIS, generally, is that figure or value that is the starting point in computing gain or loss, depreciation, depletion, and amortization of a company. Specifically, it is the financial interest that the Internal Revenue Service attributes to an owner of an investment property for the purpose of determining annual depreciation and gain or loss on the sale of the asset. If a property was acquired by purchase, the owners basis is the cost of the property plus the value of any capital expenditures for improvements to the property, minus any depreciation allowable or actually taken. This new basis is called the ADJUSTED BASIS.
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BOUGHT DEAL is the arrangement where a broker buys all of a new issue of shares and sells them on to investors at a small premium.
AUDIT FAILURE is an instance where the auditor said that the financial statements were fairly stated when in fact, they were not.
