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aftertax

American  
[af-ter-taks, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌtæks, ˈɑf- /

adjective

  1. remaining after applicable taxes have been deducted.

    a sharp decrease in her aftertax income.


Etymology

Origin of aftertax

First recorded in 1950–55; adj. use of prepositional phrase after tax(es)

Example Sentences

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With a Roth conversion, a person pays taxes to turn pretax IRA savings into aftertax investments.

From MarketWatch Nov. 13, 2025

JPMorgan's aftertax income dropped 7.6 percent after recording a tax expense, compared with a rare tax benefit of $2.2 billion a year earlier.

From Reuters Oct. 14, 2016

Jones calculates the net present aftertax value of the payments to the daughter as $696,000.

From Forbes Jun. 17, 2015

It wasn't until 1995 that average aftertax income for the bottom 90 percent of earners returned to its 1992 level, according to IRS data.

From BusinessWeek Jun. 3, 2010

This is still scandalously high, higher in fact than my aftertax weekly pay will amount to.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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