as a deduction

Example Sentences

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I’m exploring making one or more charitable contributions as a deduction from my required minimum distributions, if the organization qualifies.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

If found guilty by the Premier League investigation, City faces punishments as severe as a deduction of points or even expulsion from English soccer’s top division.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

By donating the easement to a charity and getting an appraisal, the farmer could show that the land’s value has diminished by $3 million and thus can claim that amount as a deduction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2018

For example, if you live along then you take one exemption, provided that no one else can claim you as a deduction on their tax forms.

From Encyclopedia.com • Feb. 5, 2018

But in Dalton's mind this law seems to have arisen rather as a deduction from the theory of atoms than to have been gained as a generalization from experiments.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)