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

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

Further use of her powers of deduction would have to wait.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood