Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 43 > Chapter 11 > Article 3 - Adjustments to Arizona Gross Income

• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: means a corporation, joint stock company, bank, insurance company, business trust or so-called "Massachusetts trust" investment company or building and loan association and any other association whether incorporated or unincorporated. See Arizona Laws 43-104
• Department: means the department of revenue, the director or the director's authorized delegate, as the context requires. See Arizona Laws 43-104
• Federal taxable income: means the taxable income of a corporation computed pursuant to the internal revenue code. See Arizona Laws 43-1101
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. ^{Source: U.S. Mint}
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Nonresident: means every individual other than a resident. See Arizona Laws 43-104
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• paid or accrued: shall be construed according to the method of accounting on the basis of which the taxable income is computed under this title. See Arizona Laws 43-104
• Partner: means a member of a partnership. See Arizona Laws 43-104
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Partnership: includes a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture or other unincorporated organization, through or by means of which any business, financial operation or venture is carried on and that is not, within the meaning of this title, a trust, estate or corporation. See Arizona Laws 43-104
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Tax: means the taxes imposed under this title. See Arizona Laws 43-104
• Taxable year: means :

  (a) The calendar year or the fiscal year, ending during such calendar year, on the basis of which the taxable income is computed under this title. See Arizona Laws 43-104

• taxpayer: means a corporation. See Arizona Laws 43-1101
• Trade or business: includes the performance of the functions of a public office. See Arizona Laws 43-104
• United States: when used in a geographical sense, includes the states, the District of Columbia and the possessions of the United States. See Arizona Laws 43-104