tax return

[ taks ri-turn ]

noun

1. a statement, on an officially prescribed form, of income, deductions, exemptions, etc., and taxes due.

tax return

noun

1. a declaration of personal income made annually to the tax authorities and used as a basis for assessing an individual's liability for taxation

Word History and Origins

Origin of tax return¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

If this happens, the agency said, it will calculate the correct amount of the credit, make the correction to your tax return and continue processing your return.

From Washington Post

About 86,000 such people filed tax returns in 2019 so far, using tax identification numbers instead of Social Security numbers.

From Washington Post

In the two prior rounds of stimulus payments, people over age 17 who could be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s tax return — such as college students or disabled adults — were not eligible for any stimulus money.

From Washington Post

The IRS said it is rerouting tax returns and taxpayer correspondence to locations where more staffing is available.

From Washington Post

The norms he eroded, from his unreleased tax returns to his insults to his firings by tweet, his phone calls, his impeachable offenses — it is amazing, after all, what you can do, if no one bothers to get in your way.

From Washington Post

Under the ACA, adults without minimal essential coverage will be charged a penalty when they file their tax return.

From The Daily Beast

If the IRS is closed, it will not process any forms, including tax return transcripts, so the loan applications will be stalled.

From The Daily Beast

Now, the sales tax return is not as complicated as an income tax return.

From The Daily Beast

For a big slice of the population, that's 100 percent of what's on their tax return.

From The Daily Beast

My salary, and probably yours, is a rounding error on his tax return.

From The Daily Beast

His Income Tax Return spoke plainly in plain figures; no farce about that!

From Project Gutenberg

Upon another occasion, the blank form for the income-tax return was sent in to Mr. Tooke to be filled up.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not a date one would forget—it was quarterly tax-return day.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• tax form