taxpayer

Example Sentences

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If there’s a problem with the return, the IRS is ultimately going to hold the taxpayer responsible.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

If the IRS flags the return for inspection, the taxpayer is on their own.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

That means a taxpayer in the highest bracket who gives $10,000 to charity beyond the 0.5% floor could deduct only $3,500, rather than $3,700.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"Rebuilding Alcatraz into a modern prison is a stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars and an insult to the intelligence of the American people."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

For the most part, entrenched custom dies hard and blanket spraying continues to thrive, to exact its heavy annual costs from the taxpayer, and to inflict its damage on the ecological web of life.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson