An unpaid local body of persons of good standing appointed by the Lord Chancellor or, in Scotland, by the Secretary of State for Scotland, to hear appeals against income tax, corporation tax, and capital gains tax assessments or matters of dispute arising from them. General Commissioners can appoint their own clerk, often a lawyer, who can advise them on procedure and legal matters.

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Special Commissioners.

• internal audit
• internal capital generation rate
• internal control
• internal growth
• internal rate of return
• Internal Revenue Code
• Internal Revenue Service
• International Accounting Standards Board
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• International Banking Credit Agency
• international banking facility
• international bond
• International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes
• International Chamber of Commerce
• International Commodities Clearing House
• international commodity agreements
• International Depository Receipt
• International Development Association
• International Finance Corporation
• international Fisher effect
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
• international futures
• International Monetary Fund
• International Monetary Market
• international mutual fund