CAPITAL GAIN Definition

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CAPITAL GAIN is the excess of selling price over purchase price, which may be given special treatment for tax purposes provided the sale takes place more than a given number of months after purchase.

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OPEN ALLOTMENT is where there is no restriction as to an amount that may be taken from that which is being allotted.

SALES JOURNAL is a record containing a chronological listing of credit sales.

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