Additionally, independent candidates are unelectable unless they form, or join, a group above-the-line.

Below-the-line workers include all elements of a production crew not included in the definition of "above-the-line".

Because these deductions are taken before adjusted gross income is calculated, they are designated "above-the-line."

The budget structure is normally split into "above-the-line" (creative) and "below-the-line" (technical) costs.

In general, Above-the-line refers to Actors, Producers, Writers and Directors.

Prior to the change, managers had flexibility in presenting special items above-the-line (as unusual items) or below-the-line (as extraordinary items).

Google’s answer to Internet Explorer, Chrome, is being heavily advertised at the moment, but they rarely run such high profile above-the-line advertising on that scale for products.

Above-the-line is the list of individuals who guide, influence and hopefully add to the creative direction, process and voice of a given narrative in a film and their related expenditures.

Electoral Commissioner Ed Killesteyn said he had considered the appeals and ordered a recount of the 1.25 million ballots marked above-the-line - 96 per cent of all votes cast - and a second check of informal votes.

"You could have very high-performing women faculty and male faculty that you could compare, and even though that high-performer would be getting above-the-line, maybe she's even performing better [than her male counterparts]," Dr. Kuske said.

Group Voting Tickets allow a party, however small or tenuous, to register one, two or three orders of preferences, about which many voters would be fairly innocent, but which come into effect simply by a voter marking a single box above-the-line.

Electoral Commissioner Ed Killesteyn today announced that he had decided to "direct a recount of WA Senate Ballot papers where electors had marked their ballot above-the-line," which represented 96 per cent of votes - or 1.25 million votes.