The phrase "your basis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the foundation or reasoning behind someone's opinion, decision, or argument.
Example: "Please explain your basis for choosing this particular strategy over the others."
Alternatives: "your foundation" or "your reasoning".
At this point your BASIS qualified agronomist can advise on the best spray options available.
Also, remember to keep all receipts tied to the improvement of your home, because that is added to your basis over time.
Otherwise, your income-tax deduction is limited to your basis in the asset (what it initially cost you) or its fair market value, whichever is less.
"What was your basis for taking that away from them?" "Well, it's in the car, and all those things can be looked at," Washington explained.
For example, while we're on the subject of gay marriage, one question for fundamentalist Christians is this: What's your basis for opposing lesbianism?
CAPITAL GAINS To determine whether you have capital gains or losses, you need to determine how much you paid for an investment, known as your basis.
But starting in 2011, your brokerage firm will be required to report your basis to the I.R.S. for investments bought after 2010, Mr. Scharin said.
And many firms may already keep track of your basis, even if they are not required to send it to the I.R.S.
Also, include in your cost, or basis, any shares bought through dividend reinvestment, or you will understate your basis and get a smaller tax savings than Congress says you are due.
I hope that isn't your basis for religious faith, you say, because you've described nothing there that isn't compatible with a completely naturalistic account of the universe, in which there's nobody there to extend any magical mercy from the sky, just stuff, lots and lots of astonishing, sufficiently interesting stuff, all the way up from the quantum scale to the movement of galaxies.
