flow-through entity
noun
US
: pass-through entity
Since most entrepreneurs use a flow-through entity, such as a partnership or S corporation for their business, every dollar of deduction actually reduces your personal income tax.—
Tom Wheelwright
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This line must be completed when such an entity provides a Form W-9 to another flow-through entity.
—Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Flow-through entity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flow-through%20entity. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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