after-tax

adjective

af·​ter-tax ˈaf-tər-ˈtaks 

: remaining after payment of taxes and especially of income tax

an after-tax profit

Examples of after-tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Public employees can open CalPERS 457 plans, which allow investing with pre-tax and Roth after-tax contributions. — Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

To compensate, Abbey has been socking away 25% of her after-tax income across a Roth IRA, a brokerage account and, just this year, a health savings account. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Fidelity estimates that healthcare can account for approximately 15% of retirement living expenses and notes that a 65-year-old individual may need substantial after-tax savings to cover healthcare costs during retirement. — Robert Cannon, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

On guidance, management pointed to after-tax net investment income of roughly $840 million in Q3 and $870 million in Q4. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for after-tax

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