{{Short description|Bookkeeping mechanism}} {{distinguish|Chekov (disambiguation)}}
A '''checkoff''' or '''check-off''' is a bookkeeping mechanism that provides for regular payment of an obligation such as union dues.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/automatic-check-off | title = automatic check-off | work = Cambridge Business English Dictionary | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = n.d. | access-date = 29 February 2020}}</ref> The same term is used to refer to a tax on sales of agricultural goods that finance a generic commodity marketing program; one example is the commodity checkoff programs mandated by the United States Department of Agriculture to promote sales of milk, beef, soybeans, or sorghum. Some US states offer income tax checkoffs to contribute voluntarily to various state programs.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.taxadmin.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=210:check-off-programs-see-strong-growth---2003&catid=47:fta-publications | title = Check-off Programs See Strong Growth | publisher = Federation of Tax Administrators | date = 2003}}</ref>
== See also == * Rand formula * Presidential election campaign fund checkoff
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Category:Accounting terminology
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