English-speaker, someone from a country that speaks english i.e. Britain, US; originating from term (Anglo) referring to early northern european peoples. He is an anglophone.
The Council On State Taxation (COST) is the premier state tax organization representing taxpayers. COST is a nonprofit trade association consisting of more than 600 multistate corporations engaged in interstate and international business. COST's objective is to preserve and promote equitable and nondiscriminatory state and local taxation of multijurisdictional business entities.
A fixed cost is a cost that remains the same and does not depend on the amount of goods and services a company produces. It is an expense that a company has to pay and is usually time-related. For example, a fixed cost would be the rent a company pays on a monthly basis.