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[taks] / tæks /






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A training mandate for tax preparers would mean higher costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Those more attractive film and tax incentives typically include above-the-line costs like actors’ salaries and are often uncapped — California’s current program does not have these features.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Would you like to do Roth conversions because you may need the money, or because you want your heirs to inherit those funds without paying tax on them?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The announcement came as profit after tax fell six percent to 1.61 billion euros in its second quarter, or three months to end-September, from one year earlier, the Dublin-based carrier said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The tax on the slave trade was dropped altogether, as was the seventh resolution, with its vague declaration of solidarity with the benevolent goals of the Quaker petitioners.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Since you have traditional IRAs totaling $950,000 that are subject to RMDs, they may have reasoned that converting now will reduce taxes on future distributions.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Alstom now expects to report a margin on adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of around 1% in the fiscal year, down from around 6.5% previously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Starting in 2026, high earners making over $150,000 need to contribute catch-up contributions on a Roth basis, meaning you pay taxes now but get tax-free growth and withdrawals in retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Death and taxes might be certain, but so are mistakes and regret, no matter how much we’d like to believe that we’re big enough to let go.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

But, like all farmers, he had to contend with high taxes, high freight rates, and land so worn out that he might spend more for guano than he could get for his cotton crop.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

If you were already earning more than the threshold and you get a pay rise, a bigger proportion of your earnings will be taxed at the higher rate.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

But it means any kind of pay rise could drag you into a higher tax bracket, or see a greater proportion of your income taxed than would otherwise be expected.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

California billionaire wealth grew nearly threefold from 2022 to 2026, according to Times analysis of Forbes data collected by Boll and his colleagues, and much of that growth was not taxed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Watch the gap between red diesel and the taxed kind.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

His ailments, his frustration, and the mounting intensity of the work taxed his spirits and caused him to feel older than his age.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The deployments of guided-missile destroyers that accompany them and enforce the blockade also have been extended, taxing both the warships and their crews, according to officials familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Wietrzyk told the BBC that it had been a "mentally and emotionally taxing period" and she had not expected the global scrutiny, saying her family had also received threats.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Legislators have also considered the impact that taxing net investment income could have on the program.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

As another taxing year nears its end, the popularity of “You Can See Everything” reflects audiences’ desire to go deeper than the surface level most streaming documentaries are content to skim.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

The magistrate would forgo taxing Painter Chen's old hometown village for a year and Painter Chen would paint the magistrate a dragon.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin


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