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Allocate
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allocate
1. To spread systematically a single monetary amount over a number of time periods, usually years. For example, depreciation allocates the cost of a capital asset over its useful life.
2. To distribute cost or revenue throughout a number of operations or products. For example, a business must decide how to allocate the costs of running its headquarters over all its operations to determine the profitability of each of those operations.
Allocate
On a balance sheet, to spread an expense over more than one accounting period. One of the most prominent examples of allocation is depreciation, which spreads the cost of an asset over a certain number of years.


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Under the final regulations, the income to which a CFTE relates is the net income in the CFTE category to which the CFTE is allocated and apportioned.
Final regs. on partnership allocations of CFTEs by Rollinson, Marjorie / The Tax Adviser
In July, the Port Authority allocated $10 million for the project's preliminary planning and engineering activities.
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Under the tax-benefit exception, she would have been allocated only $14,204 of the erroneous items (an amount equal to her separate taxable income).
Allocating tax deficiencies by Schnee, Edward J. / Journal of Accountancy
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