If you pay a premium to buy a bond, the premium is part of your basis in the bond. If the bond yields taxable interest, you can choose to amortize the premium. This generally means that each year, over the life of the bond, you use a part of the premium to reduce the amount of interest includible in your income.
(Original post by darryladie) Consensus in society is about how social order is maintained. From a consensus perspective everyone agrees on social norms and values and people work together to maintain society.Look at: Parsons, Durkheim Conflict theories work on the basis of disagreement or control.rom a consensus perspective everyone agrees on social norms and values and people work together to maintain society. Look at: Parsons, Durkheim Conflict theories work on the basis of disagreement or control.
America is a pluralistic society in theory but in reality the  people with money are influential and those without it make due.  The consensus is represented by the media wh â¦ ich is sponsored by  those with money.plit and merge into it. Answer by MasgudenATZA. Confidence votes 786. This is any society in which citizens can legally and publicly hold multiple competing ethical views and are allowed to choose for themselves what ethical beliefs if any they wish to hold.