How to Use after-tax in a Sentence
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So, an after-tax return of 22% was needed simply to break even.
—John S. Tobey, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Despite the pretax profit for the fourth quarter, after-tax net income came in as a loss due to a special charge.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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Payback period after-tax of 2.9 years (pre-tax of 2.4 years).
—Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
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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
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Roth accounts are funded with after-tax money and withdrawals are tax=free.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
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People will beat down to door to get it, now that the after-tax rate of return on earning and investing has skyrocketed.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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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
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Adjusted for inflation, after-tax incomes fell 0.1% in April, the second such drop this year.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 May 2024
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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
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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
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Trump’s plan would reduce average after-tax incomes by almost 3%, according to the tax think tank.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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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
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Next year, the Tax Policy Center says, the full impact of the tariffs will reduce consumers' average after-tax income by 1%.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The company posted an after-tax profit of 1.4 billion euros ($1.6 billion) for the second quarter, a six-percent drop from the same period last year.
—Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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This aims to boost after-tax investment returns by strategically holding stocks and bonds in certain account types.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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Overall, Trump’s plan would lower average after-tax incomes by 2.9%.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Exactly how much of the tariffs' costs are passed onto consumers remains to be seen, but experts predict that by next year the tariffs will reduce Americans' after-tax income by 1%.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
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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
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Higher earners may be able to bypass the income limits with mega backdoor Roth conversions, which shift after-tax 401(k) contributions to a Roth account.
—Jessica Dickler,kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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The firm also reported stronger-than-expected after-tax profit for the December quarter, noting marginally higher fares because of stronger Christmas and New Year bookings.
—Jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025
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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
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