tax return

tax return
tax return n: return (5)

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

tax return
n.
A document filed by a taxpayer with the Internal Revenue Service or state tax agency on which the taxpayer reports a taxable year’s income, deductions, and credits, and calculates tax liability.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


tax return
The form taxpayers must file with the taxing authority which details the taxpayer's income, expenses, exemptions, deductions, and calculation of taxes.
Category: Personal Finance & Retirement → Taxes

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


tax return
n. A form issued by the federal government, many state governments, and some municipalities on which a person reports income, deductions, exemptions, and credits and then uses those figures to calculate income-tax liability.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


tax return
The form that the government requires a taxpayer to file with the appropriate official by a designated date to disclose and detail income subject to taxation and eligibility for deductions and exemptions, along with a remittance of the tax due or a claim for a refund of taxes that were overpaid.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


tax return
The form that the government requires a taxpayer to file with the appropriate official by a designated date to disclose and detail income subject to taxation and eligibility for deductions and exemptions, along with a remittance of the tax due or a claim for a refund of taxes that were overpaid.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

tax return
n.
   the form to be filed with a taxing authority by a taxpayer which details his/her/their income, expenses, exemptions, deductions and calculation of taxes which are chargeable to the taxpayer.
   See also: tax

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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