How to Use deduction in a Sentence
deduction
noun
- What is your pay after the deductions have been taken out?
- Our deduction was based on the information given to us at the time.
- His guess was based on intuition rather than deduction.
- It was a logical deduction.
- The government is offering new tax deductions for small businesses.
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The standard deduction, which is the amount of income protected from taxation, got stronger in 2025.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
16 Dec. 2024
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The income tax hit was significant for her, about $162 million after deductions.
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Paul Kiel,
ProPublica,
18 Dec. 2024
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So why did Biles earn the deduction in the first place?
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Athena Sobhan,
Peoplemag,
6 Aug. 2024
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That means a 20-mile trip to meet a client might score a deduction of about $12 this tax year.
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Nerd Wallet,
oregonlive,
14 Feb. 2022
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Even without the deductions for his falls, Richard’s score would have been just the ninth best.
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Emily Giambalvo,
Washington Post,
31 July 2024
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This tax must be paid to the centre within 30 days of the end of the month during which the deduction was made.
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Mimansa Verma,
Quartz,
24 June 2022
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Investors in these funds can claim a tax deduction for the year in which a deposit to the fund was made.
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Dan Weil,
WSJ,
20 May 2022
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If anyone breaks the rules, deductions come out of the group's prize money total.
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Milan Polk,
Men's Health,
17 July 2023
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Her legs briefly came apart early in the vault, causing a small deduction.
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Maggie Astor,
New York Times,
30 July 2024
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Businesses would also be able to take part of the deduction in one year and save the rest for future years.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
11 Sep. 2024
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According to Henry, both Ford and the union agreed that Green was owed her deductions.
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Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
28 Apr. 2023
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To itemize, your deductions would need to be higher than that amount.
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Liz Weston,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Oct. 2024
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And any amount over the 30% threshold is a carryover deduction for five years.
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Mia Taylor,
Fortune,
23 Dec. 2022
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This is also when the Indonesians learned about a range of salary deductions.
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Los Angeles Times,
7 Nov. 2023
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Not a new tax credit for this, an extra deduction for that.
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Scott Burns,
Dallas News,
7 Feb. 2023
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With no badge and no papers, Touré uses his gifts of wit and deduction to become the best detective in the city.
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Jamie Lang,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2022
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The level of the standard deduction matters to more and more taxpayers.
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Laura Saunders,
WSJ,
2 Mar. 2023
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Many times the mileage deduction is key for those who are running their own businesses.
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Susan Tompor,
Detroit Free Press,
25 Jan. 2023
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In 2017, the deduction was limited to investments that firms had owned for at least three years.
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John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2022
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The bill passed today means that the extra child tax credits will not count against the federal deduction.
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Mike Cason | [email protected],
al,
17 Feb. 2022
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The standard deduction is the below-the-line deduction most people take.
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E. Napoletano,
wsj.com,
31 Dec. 2023
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Besides, the deduction for volunteering is just 14 cents a mile — a rate that hasn’t budged in more than a decade and won't change anytime soon.
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Russ Wiles,
USA TODAY,
19 June 2022
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The deduction could be disallowed if it was used both for W-2 work and self-employment work.
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Lori Ioannou,
WSJ,
5 Mar. 2022
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The judges gave Biles a 0.3 deduction on her beam routine for … not holding her salute long enough after her beam routine.
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Rachel G Bowers,
USA TODAY,
6 Aug. 2024
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If the teams are found guilty, the new case will almost certainly lead to another points deduction.
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Tariq Panja,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2024
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