How to Use after-tax in a Sentence

after-tax

adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • From that after-tax income, allocate no more than 50% to essential expenses (rent, utilities, groceries, transportation, etc.).
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • 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
  • Generally, experts recommend making routine investments—ideally of around 15% to 25%—of after-tax income.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 May 2023

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