deduction
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This would be achieved via tweaks to the standard deduction and the characteristically German formula used to calculate with great complexity the marginal rate for incomes below around €70,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
First, mortgage interest is not eligible to be used as a deduction unless it is “acquisition debt.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Vermeer eschewed easy narrative deduction, Mr. Graham-Dixon writes, by substituting the map with a blank wall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Yet in a strange twist, winning that game means Hull must sell players before the end of the month to avoid a potential points deduction in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
His discovery was a triumph of scientific deduction, for the neutron, which gives deuterium its additional weight, was not discovered until many months after he identified the isotope itself.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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However, a landlord could make deductions from the tenancy deposit at the end of the tenancy for proven pet-related damage.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Under PSR, deductions are now set based upon on the level of the overspend, locked to a grid.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
They are entirely determined by your “provisional income,” a calculation used by the Internal Revenue Service before deductions are applied.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Shareholder pressure on studios, tax credits in other states, and California’s policies on expense deductions all play clear roles.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
It took some inspired deductions by the astronomer William Herschel to work out that they were nowhere near planet sized but much smaller.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Argumentative Writing
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