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Below the Line
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Below the Line
1. In accounting, an extraordinary income or expense a company does not incur in its day-to-day operations. Because they are not repeated, below the line items are not considered to increase or decrease the company's profit. See also: Above the line.

2. Advertising in which a company pays a commission based on the success of the campaign. Below the line advertising is most common in direct mail and similar campaigns that rely on a customer's reaction to the advertisement, rather than his/her previous research on the product.

3. A tax deduction one takes on one's adjusted gross income instead of one's gross income.


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It will not be a surprise to you that Below-the-Line Behaviors include ignoring and denying, blaming others, not taking action expecting that Somebody will do it, making excuses, or implying that "it's not my job" (Connors, Smith, & Hickman, 2004).
A reading above 50 percent is considered a sign of economic expansion, while a below-the-line reading is taken as a warning sign of economic contraction.
With this change, all below-the-line pubs will only be available electronically via the Joint Electronic Library on the Internet or CD-ROM.
 
 
 
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