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''Financial reporting.''
1.  ''Securities markets.''


Abbreviation for Balance Sheet.
The process of transmitting, reconciling and, in some cases, confirming payment orders or security transfer instructions prior to settlement, possibly including netting of instructions and calculating final positions for settlement.
 
Sometimes the term is used (imprecisely) to include settlement.
 
Outside the securities market, this process is generally referred to as clearing.
 
 
2.  ''Tax - transactions.''
 
In tax, a similar process to an advance tax ruling, also sometimes known as 'pre-clearance' or 'tax clearance'.
 
 
3.  ''Tax - taxpayers.''
 
In some jurisdictions, a written confirmation that a taxpayer's tax affairs are in order, issued by the relevant tax authority.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Balance sheet]]
* [[Advance tax ruling]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Central counterparty]]
* [[PL]]
* [[Clearing]]
* [[Clearing house]]
* [[Jurisdiction]]
* [[Reconciliation]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Settlement]]
* [[Transmission]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Liquidity_management]]

Revision as of 10:53, 16 February 2022

1. Securities markets.

The process of transmitting, reconciling and, in some cases, confirming payment orders or security transfer instructions prior to settlement, possibly including netting of instructions and calculating final positions for settlement.

Sometimes the term is used (imprecisely) to include settlement.

Outside the securities market, this process is generally referred to as clearing.


2. Tax - transactions.

In tax, a similar process to an advance tax ruling, also sometimes known as 'pre-clearance' or 'tax clearance'.


3. Tax - taxpayers.

In some jurisdictions, a written confirmation that a taxpayer's tax affairs are in order, issued by the relevant tax authority.


See also