deduct
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They pay $235 each in monthly Medicare premiums and deduct some of the $200 they spend on internet service and Margo’s phone as business expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Further, a household can only deduct mortgage interest on a maximum of $750,000 of combined debt on the two properties when the debt originates on or after Dec. 15, 2017.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
This matters because the King only voluntarily pays tax on income spent personally, meaning the King can effectively deduct royal business from his tax bill.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
This means, for example, they can deduct the cost of investment in developing projects against tax and carry forward those credits against future profits.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
“We won’t blame you. We’ll just deduct it from our rent checks this month!”
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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Social Security then deducts Irmaa from monthly benefit payments for recipients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
It calls it a capital investment, and deducts it from earnings little by little.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
The company says it doesn’t charge interest on the cash it extends to people between paychecks but deducts what it calls “voluntary tips” upon repayment, the records show.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2025
If you’re younger than 67 for the entire year, the government deducts $1 from your benefit payments for every $2 you earn above the annual limit, according to the Social Security Administration.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
The seignior deducts a portion of all their crops in provisions or in cattle, and, at their deaths, a portion of their inheritances.
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
Now that she is at the MTA, she says she notices less money being deducted from her paychecks for insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Points deducted for some stiff dramatic reenactments; I would prefer a picture of an empty desk than one of a miscast George Washington sitting at it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
There was controversy when West Bromwich Albion were deducted two points for PSR losses on 24 April - eight days before the end of the Championship season.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Rozicki, who was fighting outside of Canada for the first time, was warned in the opening round for using his head and deducted a point in the second round for continued use.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
“No. Let them. Give them two hours a day, deducted from their training time. A quarter-mile radius. With communication units and tracker anklets. What’s next?”
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Roughly 2% of Saks and Neiman Marcus customers account for about 40% of its gross merchandise value—the total value of goods sold before deducting returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
And this is before deducting other costs, such as advisory fees, fund management and trading fees, and taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 3, 2025
Treasuries now yield less than JGBs after deducting the cost of hedging exchange-rate fluctuations.
From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025
After deducting royalties and taxes, the proceeds are sent back to the miners, a bittersweet reward for their tireless digging.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024
If then we measure all the components but one, and also the white light produced by all, then the luminosity of the remaining component can be obtained by deducting the first measures from the last.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by Abney, W. de W.
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