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personal deduction

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deduction

deduction 1 : an amount allowed by tax laws to be subtracted from income in order to decrease the amount of income tax due see also Internal Revenue Code in the Important Laws section compare credit, exclusion, exemption busi·ness deduction : a deduction usually taken from gross income that is allowed for losses or expenses attributable to business activities or to activities engaged in for profit charitable deduction : a deduction allowed for a contribution to a charity usually that is qualified under the tax law (as sections 170 and 2055 of the Internal Revenue Code) de·pen·den·cy deduction : a deduction allowed to be taken in a set amount for a qualified dependent (as under sections 151 and 152 of the Internal Revenue Code) itemized deduction : a deduction for a specifically recorded item that is allowed to be taken from adjusted gross income if the total of such deductions exceeds the standard deduction marital deduction 1 : a deduction allowed under th...


personal exemption deduction

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Personal expenses

Personal expenses, would include expenses on the person of the assessee or to satisfy his personal needs, such as clothes, food, etc. or purposes not related to the business for which the deduction is claimed, State of Madras v. G.J. Coelho, AIR 1965 SC 321: (1964) 8 SCR 60: (1964) 2 SCJ 400: (1964) 1 SCWR 258: (1964) 53 ILR 186....


business deduction

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charitable deduction

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deduct

deduct : to take away (an amount) from a total ;specif : to take as a deduction [must be capitalized…rather than immediately ed "D. Q. Posin"] compare amortize ...


deductible

deductible : allowable as a deduction de·duc·ti·bil·i·ty [-dək-tə-bi-lə-tē] n n : a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility for an initial specified loss of the kind insured against ;also : the amount specified in such a clause compare franchise ...


dependency deduction

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itemized deduction

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