1
: withheld for or until a stated time
a deferred payment
2
: charged in cases of delayed handling
telegraphs sent at deferred rates
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There was guidance on the treatment of some kinds of deferred tax assets that existed before the OECD minimum tax applied.
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Many of Milwaukee’s schools had gone without regular painting and maintenance for years: A report submitted to the Wisconsin legislature last year showed that the schools needed more than $250 million in deferred maintenance.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
As of March 2025, the agency’s workforce had fallen by more than 11,000 employees, or 11%, due to probationary terminations and the deferred resignation program, according to a May 2 report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 7 May 2025
But revenue agents — the IRS workers who perform audits — have seen a much bigger hit, with 31% of those workers, or about 3,600 auditors, taking either the deferred resignation plan or getting fired in the first three months of 2025, the report found.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 May 2025
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Many of Milwaukee’s schools had gone without regular painting and maintenance for years: A report submitted to the Wisconsin legislature last year showed that the schools needed more than $250 million in deferred maintenance.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
As of March 2025, the agency’s workforce had fallen by more than 11,000 employees, or 11%, due to probationary terminations and the deferred resignation program, according to a May 2 report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 7 May 2025
But revenue agents — the IRS workers who perform audits — have seen a much bigger hit, with 31% of those workers, or about 3,600 auditors, taking either the deferred resignation plan or getting fired in the first three months of 2025, the report found.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 May 2025
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“Deferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deferred. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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