deduct
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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
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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
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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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