An income tax is levied on any income that exceeds deductions.
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Deductions
Synonyms for "deductions" (206 found)
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considerationcontemplationcontiguitycontractioncontrarietycorollarycreditcutdampeningdampingdealingsdecreasedecrementdecrescencedeductive reasoningdeflationdeliberationdemonstrationdepreciationdepression
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derivationdiminishmentdiminutiondiscoursediscourse of reasondiscursive reasondisjunctiondockagedrawbackdyingdying offepagogeerosionextenuationextractfade outfade-outfiliationfindinggeneralizationhomologyhypothesis and verificationillationinductioninductive reasoninginferenceintercourseintimacyjudgment
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junctionkickbacklanguishmentlesseningletupliaisonlinklinkagelinkinglogiclogical thoughtloweringmeditationminiaturizationminusmitigationmusingmutual attractionnearnessparticularization
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penaltypenalty clausepercentagephilosophical inductionphilosophyponderingpremiumpresumptionpresuppositionprice cutprice reductionprice-cutproofpropinquityproximitypurificationrapportratiocinationrationalismrationalityrationalizationrationalizingreasonreasonablenessreasoningrebaterebatementrefinementreflectionrefundrelatednessrelationrelationsrelationshiprelaxationremovalresultrollbackruminationsaggingsalvagescaling downsequitursetoffsimilaritysimplicitysophistryspecious reasoningspeculationsubductionsublationsweet reasonsyllogismsyllogistic reasoningsympathysynthesistakeofftaking awaytaretax write offtheoremthinkingtietie intie-intime discounttrade discounttretundersellingunionviewweakeningwithdrawalwrite offwrite-off
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It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious, because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn.
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I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes in his professional investigations, and in admiring the rapid deductions, as swift as intuitions, and yet always founded on a logical basis with which he unravelled the problems which were submitted to him.
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Your hand stole towards your own old wound and a smile quivered on your lips, which showed me that the ridiculous side of this method of settling international questions had forced itself upon your mind. At this point I agreed with you that it was preposterous and was glad to find that all my deductions had been correct.
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