tax return
- noun
- /tæks rɪˈtɜrn/
- As a recent college grad, tax return season is my favorite because I get so much back.
- file a tax return
- income tax return
- required to file a tax return
he has seen his tax returns. I know him. He's my friend.
- he has seen his tax returns. I know him. He's my friend.
- Using your tax return to pay off credit card debt is smart.
- He was busted three times for filing tax returns, fictitious tax returns.
- I will release my tax returns against my lawyers wishes.
- My answer is if you have a simple tax return, then no, it is not worth it.
- Pay up letters to those who have unfiled tax returns or balances owed.
- My second piece of advice is for those people not filing your tax return and losing your refund.
- Then you have to pay for a separate tax return for your S corporation.
- The New York Times did not publish Trump's actual tax returns, so we can't directly analyze them.
- There's just a accountant at a desk doing tax returns.
- To the degree that you can't even get passwords or see tax returns or know where all the bank accounts are.
- He also left a cheek swab, a filled out tax return and his Soul Cycle emergency contact.
- All my all my every loan I've ever gotten was because my tax return showed my rental income.
- And so they err on the side of being mostly truthful on their tax return.
Examples
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On my state tax return, I wanted to become an honest American.
Fiction book (1997) -
Last year, I claimed 4,000 dollars on my tax return.
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Using your tax return to pay off credit card debt is smart.
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My answer is if you have a simple tax return, then no, it is not worth it.
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Is this where you ask me for my tax return?
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Can the store claim a loss on its tax return?
Academic text (2003) -
The Prime Minister voluntarily published his UK tax returns last year.
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The governor's tax returns are being audited.
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Every year, people send their tax returns off to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Academic text (2002) -
During tax season, many people eagerly anticipate their tax return to see if they will receive a refund.
Synonyms
A form you send to tax officials showing your income
An official paper you use to tell the government how much money you earn and owe in tax
A form you send to the tax office showing your income and expenses
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an official document submitted to tax authorities' is directly and compositionally derived from 'tax' (relating to government charges) plus 'return' (a formal document filed with authorities). This straightforward noun compounding pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent senses should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Tax return comes from the words tax and return, meaning a form you 'return' to the tax office with details of your income and payments. Because the form shows if you paid too much or too little tax, the office may 'return' money to you as a refund, so the name connects the paper to both sending information back and getting money back.