untaxed
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtækst/
- The untaxed income from side jobs can add significantly to your earnings.
- untaxed cigarettes
- untaxed dollars
- untaxed income
The first stimulus check was a tax credit, which just means that we get money that is untaxed.
- The first stimulus check was a tax credit, which just means that we get money that is untaxed.
Examples
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President Ronald Reagan signed Section 532(c), which made that explicit, though with an exception for untaxed offshore profits.
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Under this regime, returning counties to state control made local governments protectors of an untaxed zone of freedom for property owners to operate in.
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THAT'S a lot of untaxed income.
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I want to know how much untaxed money he has in those accounts in the Cayman Islands.
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Together, these price and wage shifts typically eliminate the incentive for workers to enter the untaxed sector.
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There is certainly enough untaxed revenue on the streets of Baltimore to pay for all sorts of social programs for drug addicts.
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However, a decline in the tax gap means that the possibility of evading taxes via mobility into untaxed sectors is reduced.
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For taxpayers, untaxed profits subtly reduce corporate tax burdens and increase the tax burden on individuals.
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We've gotten several anonymous tips that untaxed liquors might be coming down to Barbara's place from Canada.
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If the effective price of transport fuel were raised by means of a tax to make gasoline more economically attractive, there would be an irresistible temptation for some drivers to switch to untaxed industrial diesel fuel, although such automotive use is illegal.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
The government does not take money from something you buy or money you earn
You do not have to pay tax on income or a purchase
The government does not make you pay money for it
Not required by law to pay tax
How Taxed
Surface Forms
Morphology
untaxed = taxed (transparent) = un + tax + ed
The negative prefix 'un-' is productively attached to the adjective 'taxed' forming a predictable negation.
Etymology
Untaxed begins with un- meaning 'not' and uses tax meaning 'a charge by the government', so untaxed describes goods, income, or money that are 'not charged' a tax.