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The charges incurred to terminate lease and charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value.

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Amount of resulting income tax expense (benefit) due to enactment of the Tax Act caused to revalue deferred tax assets and liabilities to reflect the new rate.

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Generally recurring costs associated with normal operations except for the portion of these expenses which can be clearly related to production and included in cost of sales or services. Includes selling, general and administrative expense.

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Amount, including tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value-added and excise.

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