deduct
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However, some higher earners covered by a retirement plan at work won’t be able to deduct their traditional IRA contributions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
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
“More people will be able to deduct their charitable gifts in 2026 because we now have a tax deduction for non-itemizers,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 2026
He tells me what I can deduct on my income tax return.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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It calls it a capital investment, and deducts it from earnings little by little.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
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
In the year you reach your full retirement age, the SSA deducts $1 in benefits for every $3 you earn above a different limit, which 2025 is $62,160.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
BetMGM said its so-called contribution from operations—a metric that deducts cost of revenue and marketing-acquisition spending from net revenue—is still expected to exceed $500 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
"Then the property covered by the mortgage is sold, and the bank deducts its loan—any balance, of course, is paid over to Richard."
From The Fortunes of Oliver Horn by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
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
The club faced being deducted up to six points in the Premier League if they failed to erase the deficit.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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
It cost $160 for them to investigate the issue, and they said the cost of the repair would be deducted from that fee.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
“No. Let them. Give them two hours a day, deducted from their training time. A quarter-mile radius. With communication units and tracker anklets. What’s next?”
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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The research firm’s estimates account for revenue after deducting traffic and other content acquisition costs, such as the money Google shares with its creators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
On a good day, he takes home between 900 and 1,000 rupees, after deducting money spent on fuel and food.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Treasuries now yield less than JGBs after deducting the cost of hedging exchange-rate fluctuations.
From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025
He is deducting fees from mom’s estate funds.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
Total or Original Manure-Value per Ton of Food consumed—that is, only deducting the Constituents in Fattening Increase or in Milk.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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