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tax relief

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noun

  1. a reduction in the amount of tax a person or company has to pay

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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You can pay in a maximum of £2,880 per year, which the government will then top up with £720 tax relief to make a total £3,600.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

This would help swish money into public coffers through tax revenues, he said, "allowing us to provide tax relief on the one hand while finally making sensible investments on the other".

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

“You take on extra reporting and compliance, without getting any of the tax relief that makes the account attractive in the first place,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government has tried tax relief and energy price cuts, but efforts have not borne fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

The government offered very generous terms and incentives to relocate to the big towns, mortgages and tax relief.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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