tax return

American  

[taks ri-turn] / ˈtæks rɪˌtɜrn /

noun

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

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tax return British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of tax return

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Most refunds are paid out within three weeks of filing a tax return.

From Barron's

Other writers, especially women, have historically opted for cafe writing because working at home comes with constant prompts of other duties: unloading the dishwasher, deworming the cat, filing tax returns.

From The Wall Street Journal

You can check your tax returns by making sure that the information this CPA inputted is correct; the software will do the rest.

From MarketWatch

The order of names on a tax return makes no difference in how much tax you owe, but it does get attached to your return history.

From MarketWatch

While tax returns must be postmarked then, the tax returns are legal even if they arrive at the Internal Revenue Service a few days later.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• tax form