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The following are the list of abbreviations commonly used in business. These abbreviations include abbreviations used in Export, abbreviations in Import, list of antonyms in shipping trade, abbreviations used in freight forwarding business and commonly used terms in customs brokering. Popularly used abbreviations in banking, commonly using tax abbreviations and other list of generally used business terms are also included in this article. If you would like to add up more abbreviations to this article which is commonly used in your region, you may write at bottom of this article. Please make sure, you are adding only ‘commonly using abbreviations’ in business, as this category is meant for import and export.
T Ton
T Tribunal
T Tonnes (metric tons of 1,000 kilogrammes)
T&E--Travel and entertainment
T.A. Round Trans-Atlantic Round Voyage
T.B.A. To be Advised
T.B.N. To be Nominated
T.C.--Tax Court
T.D.--Treasury Decision
T.D.W. Total Deadweight
T.I.R.--Technical Information Release
T.L.O. Total Loss Only
T.Q. Trade Quality
T.T.S.---Telegraphic Transfer Selling Rate
T/A Trade Acceptance
T/A-Trade Acceptance
T/B--Trial balance (also TB)
T/C---Traveller's Cheque
T/L Total Loss
T/S Bank Transferable Bank
T/S Transhipment
TA TAnks
TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance
TAA--Trade Adjustment Act
TABD Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue
TAB--Tax anticipation bill
TAC - Technical Advisory Committee
TACD Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue
TAC--Taxpayer Assistance Center
TAD--Taxpayer advocate directive
TAEVD Trans-Atlantic Environment Dialogue
TAFCUBs - Task Force for Urban Co-operative
TAG - Technical Advisory Group
TALD Trans-Atlantic Labor Dialogue
TALF--Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
TAMRA--Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988
TAM--Technical advice memorandum
TANF--Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TAN--Tax anticipation note
TAP--Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
TARIC Tarif Intégré des Communautés Européennes, Integrated Customs Tariff
TARP--Troubled Assets Relief Program
TAS--Taxpayer Advocate Service
TAT--Total asset turnover
TAXUD Taxation and Customs Union, EC Commission Directorate
TB - tuberculosis
TBA To Be Advised
TBD--To be determined
TBE--Tenancy by the entireties
TBN To Be Named
TBN To Be Named / To Be Nominated
TBOR--Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act
TBR - Trade Barriers Regulation
TBR To Be Renamed
TBR--Office of Taxpayer Burden Reduction
TBs Treasury Bills
TBT Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO)
TBT Technical Barriers to Trade
TC Temporary Change
TC Time Charter - Owners agree to hire a particular ship for a set length of time and provide technical management, crewing etc.
TCB--Tax credit bond
TCE--Tangible common equity
TCE--Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program
TCO – Total Cost of Ownership
TCO Total Cost of Ownership
TCOE--Total cost of equity
TCO--Tax compliance officer
TCO--Total cost of ownership
TCP Time Charter Party
TCPO Town and Country Planning Organisation
TCT Time Charter Trip
TDA Tax deferred annuity
TDA Taxpayer delinquency account
TDA Treasury Direct Account
TDB Temporary disability benefits
TDC Total distribution costs
TDC Trade Development Council (of Hong Kong)
TDC Total direct compensation
TDI Taxpayer delinquency investigation
TDI Temporary disability insurance
TDS Transcript Delivery System
TDW Tons deadweight
TEAM--Technical Expedited Advice Memoranda
TEAMTRA Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008
TEA Technology-enabled auditing
TEB Tax exempt bond
TEDB Tribal economic development bonds
TEP Transatlantic Economic Partnership
TEPA--Tipped employee participation agreement
TEP--Taxpayer examination program
TE--Tax exempt, tax exempt organization
TETR--Telephone excise tax refund
TEU Twenty-foot equivalent unit
TFC - Twelfth Finance Commission
TFCI - Tourism Finance Corporation of India
TFE Transferee
TFP Total Factor Productivity
TFRP--Trust fund recovery penalty
TFR--Transferor
TFTS - Trade for Trade Settlement
TGR--Total gross receipts
THC Terminal Handling Charge
THE Technical Help for Exporters
THR THRuster
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association
TIA Tax information authorization
TIA tax implementation agreement
TIC Tenant in common
TID Trader Information Document
TIDE The periodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans
TIEA Tax information exchange agreement
TIEx International Express Rail Parcels consignment note
TIFA Trade & Investment Framework Agreement
TIF--Tax increment financing
TIF--Tier issue focus
TIGTA--Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
TIH--Trust interest holder
TILA--Truth in Lending Act
TILF Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation
TIME BAR Time after which legal claims will not be entered
TIMS - Trade-related Investment Measures Agreement
TIN - Tax Information Network
TIN--Taxpayer identification number
TIP Taking Inward Pilot
TIPA--Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007
TIPRA--Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
TIPS--Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities (often called Treasury Inflation Protected Securities)
TIR Transport Internationale Routiers
TI--Taxable income
TK Traditional Knowledge
TL Tariff LineGlobal Trade and Customs Journal – List of Abbreviations
TL Total Loss
TLA Tanker Loading Authority
TLB--Tax Litigation Bulletin
TLO Total loss only
TL Total Loss
TL Truckload
TMB Textiles Monitoring Body (ATC, expired)
TMO Telegraphic Money Order
TMPG Treasury Market Practices Group
TMP Tax matters partner
TMP Taxable mortgage pool
TMR Trade Marks Registry
TMSM Training Methods and Skills for
TMT Thermo Mechanically Treated
TMT Tax motivated transaction
TMT Tentative minimum tax
TNC Trade Negotiations Comité (WTO)
TOBENA To Be Named
TOD Transfer on death
TOE Time is of the essence
TOFC Trailer on flat car (piggyback)
TOP Taking Outward Pilot
TOPSIDES The sides of a ship between the waterline and the deck; sometimes referring to onto or above the deck
TOP Treasury Offset Program
ToRs Terms of References
TOT Transfer, Operate and Transfer
TOTA Training Of Trainers & Assessors
TPA Technical Practice Aide (AICPA pronouncement)
TPA Third-party administrator
TPC Tax Policy Center
TPD Third party designee
TPI Total positive income
TPNC Taxpayer Notice Code
TPND Theft, Pilferage & Non-delivery
TPP Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership
TPP Third Party Payer TR--Trust
TPR Trade Policy Review
TPRB Trade Policy Review Body
TPRG Trade Policy Review Group
TPRM Trade Policy Review Mechanism
TPSC Trade Policy Staff Committee
TPS Transaction processing services
TP Taxpayer
TQ Tariff-Quota
TQ TaleQuale(according to sample)
TQC Total quality control
TQM Total Quality Management
TQ Tale Quale(French) (=of condition on arrival)
TR Transfer of Residence
TR. Tare
TRA Telegraphic Release Advice
TRAC Terminal rental adjustment clause
TRAC Tip reporting alternative agreement
TRD/EP Tip Rate Determination/Education Program
TRDA Tip rate determination agreement
TRHAC Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006
TRIM Fore and aft balance of a ship
TRIMs Trade-related investment measures
TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TRIPS Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
TRIS Taxpayer rights impact statement
TRO Temporary restraining order
TRP Tax reporting partner
TRQ Tariff-Rate Quota
TR Trust Receipt
TRUIRJCA Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010
TRUPS Trust preferred securities
TS Trend Stationary
TS L/C Transferable L/C
TS TonS
TSA Tax-sheltered annuity
TSE transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
TSP Thrift Savings Plan
TSR Total Shareholder Return
TSR Transit shed register or Trans Siberian Railway
TSR Total shareholder return
TSVP Tourmez s'il vous plait (French
TT Telegraphic transfer
T Target Corporation
TTB Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (Treasury)
TTC Tariff trade code
TTIN Truncated taxpayer identification number
TTL Total
TTM Trailing twelve months
TTO Through transport Operator
TT Telegraphic Transfer
TT Trustee
TUCC Transport Users Consultative Committee
TUFS Technology Upgraded Fund Scheme
TURN Trader Unique Reference Number (renamed DAN number)
TVM Time value of money
TW Tween Decker
TWA trade-weighted average
TWB Taxable wage base
TYBA Taxable years beginning after
TYBB Taxable years beginning before
TYBI Taxable years beginning in
TYBOA Tax year beginning on or after
TYB Taxable year beginning
TYEA Taxable years ending after
TYE Taxable year ended
TYWI Taxable year which includes
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The above are the list of abbreviations commonly used in business. These abbreviations include abbreviations used in Export, abbreviations in Import, list of abbreviations in shipping trade, expansions used in freight forwarding business and commonly used terms in customs brokering. Popularly used abbreviations in banking, commonly using tax abbreviations and other list of generally used business terms are also included in this article. If you would like to add up more abbreviations commonly used in your region, you may write such enlargements below. Please make sure, you are adding only ‘commonly using abbreviations’ in business, as this category is dealt with international trade.
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