deduction

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For instance, if you took the standard deduction last year and itemized your deductions this year, the IRS would not look askance.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

The notional interest deduction saved Thermo Fisher nearly $1.2 billion in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

But City fans will surely be encouraged that the Premier League board did not appear to even consider a points deduction in the case of Chelsea, despite the "deception and concealment".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Pythagoras did not simply enumerate examples of this theorem; he developed a method of mathematical deduction to prove the thing generally.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan