penny poll n.— «Over the years, various activist groups in town have conducted, usually around Tax Day, something called a “Penny Poll,” in which passersby are given ten (or whatever) pennies and a few jars (military, health...
wash sale n.— «If you sell, make sure you don’t run afoul of what’s known as the wash-sale rule. A wash sale happens when you sell a security at a loss and, within 30 days before or after the sale, you buy the same thing, or something...
fetcher bill n.— «politicians routinely submit legislative bills that would take money from various persons or groups, and then withdraw them once (constitutionally protected) payments are made. These bills go by different names. In...
Tingle table n.— «The engineers devised a new, improved Tingle table.…To get a feel for working at a Tingle table, imagine you are a giant at a baseball stadium in Lilliput. As you sit at home plate looking out toward center-field...
Tingle table n. a U-shaped table with 18 to 25 baskets or bins, used for sorting tax returns. Etymological Note: Supposedly named after an IRS employee named James Tingle who created the table in the 1960’s. His first name is sometimes given as...
Tingle Table n.— «When IRS management analyst James Tingle invented the “Tingle Table,” an 18 basket sorting system, it was still merely one step in the eight step process required to process a tax return.…Once the...