before deductions
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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
She took Social Security at 62 and receives about $1,500 a month before deductions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
So far, 1,176 claims, or about one-third of all applications, have been approved for payouts worth $800 million before deductions to pay lawyers, Medicare and other liens.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2020
Someone who works a forty-hour week and earns $7.25 an hour receives an annual wage of fifteen thousand and eighty dollars, before deductions for Social Security and Medicare.
From The New Yorker ● May 21, 2015
If he sells it five years from now, the price must be $81 million before deductions for him merely to break even.
From Time Magazine Archive
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