carryback
[ kar-ee-bak ]
noun
(in U.S. income-tax law) a special provision allowing part of a net loss or of an unused credit in a given year to be apportioned over one or two preceding years, chiefly in order to ease the tax burden.: Compare carry·forward (def. 2).
Origin of carryback
1First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase carry back
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British Dictionary definitions for carry back
carry back
/ tax accounting /
verb
(tr, adverb) to apply (a legally permitted credit, esp an operating loss) to the taxable income of previous years in order to ease the overall tax burden
nouncarry-back
an amount carried back
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