Offsetting

Offsetting consumer subsidies would occur in spades in America, where the tax system has traditionally been preoccupied with "progressivity" and used to redistribute income.

A Value-Added Tax Fuels Big Government Ernest S. Christian 2011

Offsetting is the practice of using a net amount for an asset and a liability to show a single amount on the balance sheet, rather than showing gross numbers for each.

Rule Change Would Shift Loan-Loss Accounting Michael Rapoport 2011

Offsetting gains, Hyundai Motor shed 4.3% and Kia Motors lost 4.9%.

Asia Mostly Higher; Inflation Data Weighs Australia Colin Ng 2011

Offsetting that gain was a A$224 million hit from natural disasters including a volcanic ash cloud from Chile, earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand and floods and a cyclone in Australia's Queensland state.

Qantas Doubles Profit; Quashes Takeover Talk Ross Kelly 2011

Offsetting Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Enterprise helps customers purchase verifiablegreenhouse gas emissions through TerraPass.

Enterprise Fleet Management Wins American Business Award for Environmental Responsibility 2009

Offsetting factors include people retiring much later than 65 and also the impact of overseas investors from younger developing nations, via sovereign wealth funds for example.

Analysis: Baby boomer fears cast another pall over markets Reuters 2011

Offsetting that decline, prices of capital goods rose by 0.2%, while prices of intermediate and nondurable consumer goods were up 0.1%.

Euro-Zone Producer Prices Flat Paul Hannon 2011

Offsetting any savings for lower monthly payments for homeowners are objections from holders of mortgage bonds, who would take a hit if loans are paid off early.

Obama seeks to broaden mortgage refinancings Reuters 2011

Offsetting factors include people retiring much later than 65 and also the impact of overseas investors from younger developing nations, via sovereign wealth funds for example.

Analysis: Baby boomer fears cast another pall over markets Reuters 2011

Offsetting these declines are gains in shares of companies that will benefit, as coal prices rise because of production shutdowns in Queensland, for example.

Australian Shares Survive the Flood David Rogers 2011