deduction

Example Sentences

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In last year’s tax law, Congress raised the cap for that deduction to $40,000 from $10,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

You want to itemize this year when you took the standard deduction last year?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

That’s because, in addition to being voluntary, as Kleinbard noted, it’s uncapped — unlike, say the deduction of mortgage interest.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

This permanent universal charitable deduction will affect 90% of all U.S. households.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

So, too, but for the dispute over the Augustinus, the French might have remained in the old world of proof and persuasion, deduction and experience, truth and opinion.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton