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tax lot

tax lot noun: a grouping of security holdings in an account used for enabling the calculation and treatment of the securities for tax compliance and reporting.

Noun

tax lot (plural tax lots)

  1. (US) A grouping of security holdings in an account used for enabling the calculation and treatment of the securities for tax compliance and reporting.
    • In some countries such as the USA, cost basis must be considered on a tax lot-by-tax lot basis.2003, Stephen Satchell with Alan Scowcroft, Advances in Portfolio Construction and Implementation, page 128
  2. (US) An parcel of real property on which property taxes are levied.

Forms of tax lot

pluraltax lots

Questions about tax lot

What does tax lot mean?
Tax lot means a grouping of security holdings in an account used for enabling the calculation and treatment of the securities for tax compliance and reporting.
What part of speech is tax lot?
Tax lot is a noun.
What is the plural of tax lot?
The plural of tax lot is tax lots.

Words near tax lot in the dictionary

  1. tax incentives
  2. tax inspector
  3. tax inspectors
  4. tax law
  5. tax laws
  6. tax lot
  7. tax lots
  8. tax man
  9. tax men
  10. tax office
  11. tax offices

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