tax break
noun
: a lower tax rate than other people have
People with small children are being given a tax break.
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Four of the 16 cars and trucks that can be purchased with the help of that tax break are made by Tesla.
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Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Data center tax break Whitmer signed the first of two bills to provide tax breaks for data centers that warehouse computer servers.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
To pay for the new expenses, the bill would have eliminated some corporation tax cuts to tech and pharmaceutical industries, made short-term rentals pay the state’s hotel tax, and tightened a tax break for limited liability company owners that pay lower income tax rates.
—J.d. Davidson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
That tax break is set to expire at the end of 2025.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Data center tax break Whitmer signed the first of two bills to provide tax breaks for data centers that warehouse computer servers.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
To pay for the new expenses, the bill would have eliminated some corporation tax cuts to tech and pharmaceutical industries, made short-term rentals pay the state’s hotel tax, and tightened a tax break for limited liability company owners that pay lower income tax rates.
—J.d. Davidson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
That tax break is set to expire at the end of 2025.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Tax break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tax%20break. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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