tax return

[ taksri-turn ]

/ ˈtæks rɪˌtɜrn /

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noun

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

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Also called in·come tax re·turn [in-kuhm taks ri-turn] /ˈɪn kʌm ˌtæks rɪˌtɜrn/ .

Origin of tax return

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby tax return

taxonomy, taxpaid, taxpayer, tax rate, tax relief, tax return, tax sale, tax sharing, tax shelter, tax stamp, tax title

How to use tax return in a sentence

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.
Tax season 2021: A tornado is coming|Michelle Singletary|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
About 86,000 such people filed tax returns in 2019 so far, using tax identification numbers instead of Social Security numbers.
Maryland House Democrats push to expand eligibility for covid relief|Ovetta Wiggins, Erin Cox|February 11, 2021|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.
Here’s the new Democratic plan for $1,400 stimulus checks|Heather Long, Jeff Stein|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
The IRS said it is rerouting tax returns and taxpayer correspondence to locations where more staffing is available.
Don’t file a paper 2020 federal tax return if you don’t have to, IRS watchdog warns|Michelle Singletary|January 15, 2021|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.
We love you. You’re very special. Go home.|Alexandra Petri|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Would the Democrats rescind those rights if they were to return to power?
The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate|Philip Dray|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They called for peace, reconciliation, and the safe return of Father Gregorio.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Cocaine busts, tax cheats, and bribe-taking, born-again Christians: Welcome to the political scandals of 2014.
2014 Was a Delectably Good Year for Sleaze|Patricia Murphy|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
They feel that the system has few advantages to offer in return for the cost it entails upon them.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
It being offensive to the French, they took none of it with them on their return.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
He decided not to return home directly; he wanted to go somewhere, but did not care to stay in Chicago.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux

British Dictionary definitions for tax return

tax return

noun

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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