How to Use tax-free in a Sentence
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Some can’t be bothered with the concept of tax-free weekends.
—Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
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Most shoes, clothes and school supplies under $100 will be tax-free over the weekend.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
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So while Texas isn’t tax-free, your wage goes further here than in many other places.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
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Because who wouldn’t want tax-free money set aside for the future?
—Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
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What’s more, the income from an IRA is either tax-deferred or tax-free.
—Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
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The most attractive advantage of a 529 plan is tax-free earnings, and these grow over some time.
—Aaron W. Clarke, Cfp, Aif, Forbes, 16 July 2023
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What’s more, the income from muni bonds is tax-free for most Americans.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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The money grows tax free, and qualified withdrawals are tax-free.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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For most of those people, the relief is a tax-free gift from the federal government.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2024
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After decades of lax enforcement, many waiters in 1983 had come to view tax-free tips as a matter of right.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Sometimes the savings are in the tax-free element and not the actual purchase price.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2024
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Parents and students can do some back-to-school shopping and get deals on specific items that will be tax-free.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Cheng added that Hong Kong is also in the midst of building an ambitious, tax-free art hub in a bid to lure more wealthy residents to the city.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2024
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But, once your conversions are done, the tax-free income from Roth may lower your cost of Medicare.
—D. Scott Kenik, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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The reality is that out of the top 10 U.S. teams in the first 10 years under the salary cap, only Nashville was located in a tax-free state.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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New Jersey no longer has a tax-free holiday for school supplies.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
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This allows the investment gains to grow, and withdrawals are tax-free in retirement.
—Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
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There are many strategies for making tax-free lifetime transfers of assets to loved ones.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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This allows readily available tax-free access to a portion of the Roth IRA.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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The de minimis tax exemption allows packages worth less than $800 to be shipped into the U.S. tax-free and duty-free.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
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Wells Fargo said the tax-free electronics spinoff, set for Nov. 1, will unlock value.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
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That means $5 trillion of wealth will be passed onto the next generation tax-free, Oxfam says.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 Nov. 2023
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Roth contributions at the start of your career can reap tax-free interest for decades.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
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Contributions to a Gold IRA may be tax deductible, and payouts may be tax-free or tax-deferred.
—Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
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Changes to rules regarding tax-free investment accounts have accounted for some of the runup in share prices.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
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The silver lining of stocks’ sharp decline in 2022 is the fact that investors can build up their pot of tax-free retirement savings at a lower cost.
—Cnbc Pro Staff, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
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The tax-free spinoff won't include the NBC or Telemundo broadcast networks.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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As the sales begin to rev up for 2023, Apple has listed the products that qualify for tax-free status on its website.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 19 July 2023
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The companies announced the all-stock, tax-free transaction Tuesday, saying that board members of each unanimously approved the agreement.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
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That money will be tax-free to the employee.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
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