How to Use deduct in a Sentence

deduct

verb

• You can deduct up to $500 for money given to charity.
• Navone said the landlord offered to deduct $300 from the next month’s rent.
  — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• The balance is the amount that the grantor can deduct when the grantor contributes the property to the trust.
  — Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 22 May 2021
• The bill the House passed would allow union members to deduct up to $250 of dues from their tax bills.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2021
• Potts says Bass Champs does not deduct the weight of the plastic weigh-in bag from the actual weight of the fish.
  — Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2021
• Anyone that breaks the rules causes a cash sum to be deducted from the prize fund.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 May 2023
• Buyers of new EVs get to deduct the full $7,500 from their income taxes for the year in which the car is purchased.
  — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• The bill had allowed for business owners to deduct up to 17.4% of their profits.
  — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2021
• Those 65 and older and the blind can deduct additional amounts.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
• In that case, Jennet wouldn't be able to deduct the $800 capital loss on her taxes.
  — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• Employers may choose to pay all of it or deduct up to 0.11% of it from employees’ wages.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
• Take photographs of the locks, keep the receipts for the labor and materials, and deduct the cost from your rent.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2021
• Parties need to be creative in looking for ways to deduct their legal fees.
  — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• By year’s end, Lynn hopes to find a way for potential donors to be able to deduct contributions.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2022
• When one of their children decides to buy something, the parents pay and deduct the total from that kid's savings.
  — Star Tribune, 9 Jan. 2021
• Each year, oil investors get to deduct a set percentage of the revenue from the property.
  — Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2021
• Going that route avoids the risk of not being able to deduct the full amount of the donation from taxable income in a single year.
  — Eric James Allen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2021
• And the very rich would be allowed to deduct their income taxes at death from their estate taxes.
  — Steve Rosenthal, Forbes, 13 May 2022
• Moritz had hired a nurse to help care for his ailing mother and sought to deduct a portion of the expenses from his taxes.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
• In valuing the debtor’s interest, do not deduct the value of secured claims.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2023
• And if Jill placed her land in a partnership, then the partnership (and its partners) will deduct the value of the easement.
  — Guinevere Moore, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
• The deal represents a big savings since the value of the free day can be deducted from the cost of any five day reservation.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2023
• And will my benefit go up to give me credit for the spousal share that was being deducted from my checks?
  — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 25 June 2023
• This would then be deducted from the pool of available funds for athletes the following year.
  — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
• If a player wants dinner, the Cardinals will box it up and deduct the cost from the player’s paycheck, the only team that does this.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
• Those who want to help those struggling because of the pandemic can deduct up to $300 in donations.
  — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2021
• The Trump tax bill capped the amount of local tax that residents of high-tax states can deduct from their federal return.
  — Fox News, 25 Dec. 2020
• And this year, married couples filing jointly may deduct up to $600.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
• People who donate to charities like these can deduct their gift on their annual taxes.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2024
• In Wisconsin, employers may deduct time lost but can’t penalize employees in any other way.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024