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

Compared with the top 20%, poorer households spend roughly four times as much of their after-tax income on gas, analysts from the investment bank found. —Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026

Goldman Sachs finds that households in the lowest income quintile spend roughly four times as much on gasoline as a share of after-tax income compared to those at the top. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026

Once contributions open on July 4, 2026, families and individuals can add up to $5,000 per year per child in after-tax dollars. —Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026

Families can contribute up to $5,000 per year in after-tax dollars, and employers can kick in up to $2,500 of that amount — worth asking your HR department about before July. —Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for after-tax

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