deducted; deducting; deducts
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You can deduct up to $500 for money given to charity.
after deducting taxes, what's left is your net pay for the week
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However, homeowners are not able to deduct any of the following items:
Insurance, including fire and comprehensive coverage and title insurance.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
To deduct gambling losses, a filer would have to be itemizing and exceeding the amounts of the standard deduction.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Feb. 2025
The Heat wouldn’t be able to deduct half his salary — or the cumulative amount of his fines — from its luxury tax bill.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
That tax break allows qualifying borrowers to deduct up to $2,500 a year in interest paid on eligible private or federal education debt.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
To deduct gambling losses, a filer would have to be itemizing and exceeding the amounts of the standard deduction.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Feb. 2025
The Heat wouldn’t be able to deduct half his salary — or the cumulative amount of his fines — from its luxury tax bill.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
That tax break allows qualifying borrowers to deduct up to $2,500 a year in interest paid on eligible private or federal education debt.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deduct. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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deduct
transitive verb
de·duct
: to take away (an amount) from a total
specifically
: to take as a deduction
must be capitalized…rather than immediately deducted —D. Q. Posin
compare amortize
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