after-tax
adjective
af·ter-tax
ˈaf-tər-ˈtaks 
: remaining after payment of taxes and especially of income tax
an after-tax profit
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The after-tax equity method earnings have Berkshire’s proportionate share of profits attributable to its investments in Kraft Heinz (KHC), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Berkadia.
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Bill Stone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
At Marathon, Elliott helped facilitate the addition of a new director, transition to a new CEO, closure of the gap in per barrel EBITDA with VLO, retirement of 50% of its shares outstanding since 2021, and sale of the Speedway retail operation for $17 billion in after-tax cash proceeds.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
This decrease was primarily due to a $293 million after-tax loss from pension settlement transactions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2025
The Tax Policy Center reported that the law would cut 2021 taxes by an average of $3,000 per household and raise after-tax incomes by an average of 3.8 percent, with most of the benefit going to lower-income and middle-income households.
—Kerry Meagher, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Bill Stone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
At Marathon, Elliott helped facilitate the addition of a new director, transition to a new CEO, closure of the gap in per barrel EBITDA with VLO, retirement of 50% of its shares outstanding since 2021, and sale of the Speedway retail operation for $17 billion in after-tax cash proceeds.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
This decrease was primarily due to a $293 million after-tax loss from pension settlement transactions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2025
The Tax Policy Center reported that the law would cut 2021 taxes by an average of $3,000 per household and raise after-tax incomes by an average of 3.8 percent, with most of the benefit going to lower-income and middle-income households.
—Kerry Meagher, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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“After-tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after-tax. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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