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deduct

[dih-duhkt] / dɪˈdʌkt /


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They pay $235 each in monthly Medicare premiums and deduct some of the $200 they spend on internet service and Margo’s phone as business expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

This matters because the King only voluntarily pays tax on income spent personally, meaning the King can effectively deduct royal business from his tax bill.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

This means, for example, they can deduct the cost of investment in developing projects against tax and carry forward those credits against future profits.

From BBC May 6, 2026

If you are covered by an employer retirement plan, the software is correct and you made too much to deduct the contribution.

From MarketWatch Apr. 20, 2026

“We won’t blame you. We’ll just deduct it from our rent checks this month!”

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

Instead, it deducts it little by little over the projected useful life of the stuff being bought.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

Social Security then deducts Irmaa from monthly benefit payments for recipients.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

The company says it doesn’t charge interest on the cash it extends to people between paychecks but deducts what it calls “voluntary tips” upon repayment, the records show.

From Salon Nov. 10, 2025

For those who are in the year of their FRA, the Social Security Administration deducts $1 for every $3 for the months before the month of one’s FRA.

From MarketWatch Oct. 10, 2025

But now, think of this: the cost of the mandate was one hundred and twenty-five; the pension fund deducts fifty; that makes one hundred and seventy-five.

From The Red Room by Strindberg, August

Now that she is at the MTA, she says she notices less money being deducted from her paychecks for insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Marshall said she doesn't pay much attention to the payment because it has always been deducted from her salary.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Points deducted for some stiff dramatic reenactments; I would prefer a picture of an empty desk than one of a miscast George Washington sitting at it.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

The case centred on the argument that had the points been deducted in 2021-22, Burnley would have had a greater chance of avoiding relegation.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

The barite mine where Dad worked had a commissary, and the mine owner deducted our bill and the rent for the depot out of Dad’s paycheck every month.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

It later bounced and now they are deducting that amount from her account.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 2026

Revisions to rules for deducting state and local taxes and charitable donations will affect millions of affluent Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 29, 2025

Treasuries now yield less than JGBs after deducting the cost of hedging exchange-rate fluctuations.

From Barron's Nov. 22, 2025

The Northbrook, Ill., company said the figure represents its losses on a pre-tax basis and after deducting payments it received from reinsurance.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2025

And then, if they were fined—and nobody knew how much they would be fined—they had the right to fill up that order for the amount due them from the Post-Office Department after deducting fines.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green




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