tax-free
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of tax-free
Example Sentences
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New Mexico: The following items are tax-free between July 31 and Aug. 2: clothing and shoes under $100, computers and tablets under $1,000, other computer hardware under $500 and school supplies under $30 per item.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Over the years, he has sold $237 million of those shares tax-free inside his retirement accounts, saving more than $40 million in taxes he would have paid in a taxable account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Andy Burnham has pulled back from suggestions about increasing the tax-free personal allowance.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
If the profits from his prior sales were reinvested in the S&P 500, the total tax-free balance would be about $158 million, in addition to any other investments in the account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Delaware wasn’t the capital of anything except tax-free shopping.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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