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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DAFs essentially serve as a personal charitable savings account allowing people to set aside money for charity, get an immediate tax break, and choose where the money goes later. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026 Such a move threatens to remove a tax break that households currently receive on donations to universities and other schools, and may also affect scholarships for students of these schools, according to experts. Greg Iacurci,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 Perkins was one of five city councilmembers to vote for the unpopular tax break package for the $150 billion data, 400-acre data center for which Dutch company Nebius hosted a symbolic groundbreaking in May. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Tips and overtime get a tax break The One Big Beautiful Bill Act created new tax breaks for tips and overtime pay for 2025 through 2028. Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tax break

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“Tax break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tax%20break. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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