unearned income
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Social Security Administration considers free shelter to be unearned income, although he can avoid this reduction if he pays his fair share of household expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
Yet Mr. Corinth and Ms. Mayhew did find that the larger and more credible studies—such as the one Mr. Altman backed—showed that unearned income has a negative impact on a person’s willingness to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The unearned income is taxed at the same rate as wages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
That means any earnings from a Trump account will be included in the child’s total unearned income and taxed for the year if withdrawn before he or she turns age 59 ½.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
It is thus, again, a variation of the system long adopted in this country of a special rate of income tax on what is called "unearned" income, i.e. income from invested property.
From War-Time Financial Problems by Withers, Hartley
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