How to Use after-tax in a Sentence

after-tax

adjective
  • The child invests in appreciating assets, producing a 10% after-tax return.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Payback period after-tax of 2.9 years (pre-tax of 2.4 years).
    Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Spacey has agreed to pay the $1 million over multiple years in installments equal to 10% of his after-tax income.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Roth accounts are funded with after-tax money and withdrawals are tax=free.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The big question is whether your current and future retirement savings should be done on a pre-tax or after-tax (Roth) basis.
    Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • Adjusted for inflation, after-tax incomes fell 0.1% in April, the second such drop this year.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 May 2024
  • That is just shy of half of that teacher’s after-tax monthly income, well beyond what any financial advisor would tell them to spend.
    Mike McShane, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Among all households in that lowest income group, their after-tax income would increase by an average of about $10.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Tax-free accounts, like Roth IRAs, are funded with after-tax money so no taxes are imposed on earnings or withdrawals.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The software engineer said her spending on fitness ends up being around 15 percent of her after-tax income.
    Mikala Jamison, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
  • Even if your income was below average in 2024, paying fewer taxes can still increase your net after-tax take-home pay.
    David Rae, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • And yet owing to the redistributive mechanisms of the British welfare state, the rate of growth in after-tax family incomes was roughly the same across all sections of the population.
    Anne Case, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The very biggest burden under the Biden plan would have been carried by the very richest households; the Tax Policy Center found that households in the top 0.1% would have seen their after-tax incomes decline by more than 20%.
    Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
  • Following it, 50% of your after-tax income goes toward needs, like your housing payment, student loans, groceries, etc.
    Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • So all else equal, after the divorce, cash and investments in a brokerage account will have a greater value after-tax compared to (non-Roth) retirement accounts.
    Kristin McKenna, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • For example, the income generated by the Pacer funds comes from three separate areas, which can affect the after-tax return.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
  • As a share of after-tax income, the biggest winners from repealing the cap are households in the top 1 percent of the income distribution, those making about $1 million or more annually.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Conversely, a Roth IRA is funded with after-tax dollars, so contributions don’t lower your taxable income for the year, but withdrawals in retirement are tax-free.
    Jessica Ledingham, J.d., Ll.m., Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Private-equity firm KKR ’s after-tax distributable earnings fell 26% in the March quarter, reflecting a broader slowdown in investment sales.
    Maria Armental, WSJ, 8 May 2023
  • This statement details a company's revenue, expenses and taxes, ultimately showing the after-tax profit at the end of a specific period, such as a quarter, a month or a year.
    Vipul Bansal, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The additional after-tax yield that some corporate bonds can offer is higher than some comparable municipal bonds, even for those paying state income tax.
    Chris Gunster, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Roth catch-up contributions Another Secure 2.0 change will remove the upfront tax break on catch-up contributions for higher earners by only allowing the deposits in after-tax Roth accounts.
    Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Contributions are made with after-tax dollars, so withdrawals during retirement can be tax-free, provided certain conditions are met.
    Winnie Sun, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
  • From that after-tax income, allocate no more than 50% to essential expenses (rent, utilities, groceries, transportation, etc.).
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • Each additional dollar of government funding generates $20 in benefits for the typical Excel Center student, measured as the present value of their lifetime increase in after-tax earnings.
    Patrick Turner, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Although, some beneficiaries would likely see their real after-tax benefits cut by smaller percentages.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Lululemon absorbed after-tax impairment and other charges totalling $442.7 million against fourth-quarter earnings related to Mirror as the device’s sales over the holiday season fell below expectations.
    Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Foreclosures and personal bankruptcies for all ages are still very low by historical standards, as is the percentage of after-tax income that households are spending on making debt payments, another important indicator of financial stress.
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • Generally, experts recommend making routine investments—ideally of around 15% to 25%—of after-tax income.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit, has indicated that while Trump’s tax plans might yield slight increases in after-tax income for all groups, the wealthiest individuals would see disproportionately larger benefits.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024

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