New IRS Rules Give Businesses 100% Tax Deduction on Big Truck Purchases This Year. May 16, 2011. 1. While the Obama Administration is pushing for a 62-mpg CAFE regulation, promoting small, green cars, the IRS has a plan to get owners of businesses behind the wheel of a gas guzzling behemoth.
Only two species in the genus Bos used for work are called oxenâBos indicus (Zebu-type cattle with humps) and Bos taurus, the European breeds (no humps). To define the word ox as encompassing all animals in the bovine family would include a lot of species that are not even domesticated.
Oxtail (occasionally spelled ox tail or ox-tail) is the culinary name for the tail of cattle. Formerly, it referred only to the tail of an ox or steer, a castrated male. An oxtail typically weighs 2 to 4 lbs. (1â1.8 kg) and is skinned and cut into short lengths for sale. Oxtail is a bony, gelatin-rich meat, which is usually slow-cooked as a stew or braised. It is a traditional stock base for a soup. Although traditional preparations often involve hours of slow cooking, modern methods usually take a shortcut by utilizing a pressure cooker.