tax return

noun

A declaration of income etc. for tax purposes: a report of income, deductions, contributions, and related financial information filed by a taxpayer with a national or local tax authority, used by the authority to determine the amount of taxation, usually consisting of forms completed by the taxpayer

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Meanings

nountax return (plural tax returns)

plural tax returns

  1. businessA declaration of income etc. for tax purposes: a report of income, deductions, contributions, and related financial information filed by a taxpayer with a national or local tax authority, used by the authority to determine the amount of taxation, usually consisting of forms completed by the taxpayer
    1 more example

    Stealing people's mail / On a Friday night / Drivin' in the mountains / Winding 'round and 'round / Rummage through your mailboxes / Take your mail back to town / And we got license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns / Checks to politicians from real estate firms / Money, bills, and canceled checks / Pretty funny pictures of your kids / Gonna steal your mail

    1980, “Stealing People's Mail”, in Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (punk rock), performed by Dead Kennedys

    Synonyms: tax declaration

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA declaration of income etc. for tax purposes: a report of income, deductions, contributions, and related financial information filed by a taxpayer with a national or local tax authority, used by the authority to determine the amount of taxation, usually consisting of forms completed by the taxpayer

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tax declaration

More synonyms by meaning

noundocument giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

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income tax returnreturn
Broader
legal documentlegal instrumentofficial document
Also see
income tax returnreturntax declaration

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian данъчна декларация
  • данъчна декларация (danăčna deklaracija)declaration of income to the tax authority
Catalan declaració de la renda
  • declaració de la rendadeclaration of income to the tax authority
Chinese Mandarin 納稅申報單 /纳税申报单, 退稅申請 /退税申请
  • 納稅申報單 /纳税申报单 (nàshuì shēnbàodān)declaration of income to the tax authority
  • 退稅申請 /退税申请 (tuìshuì shēnqǐng)declaration of income to the tax authority
  • 納稅申報表 /纳税申报表 (nàshuì shēnbàobiǎo)declaration of income to the tax authority
Czech daňové přiznání
  • daňové přiznánídeclaration of income to the tax authority
Danish selvangivelse
  • selvangivelsedeclaration of income to the tax authority
Dutch belastingaangifte
  • belastingaangiftedeclaration of income to the tax authority
Finnish veroilmoitus
  • veroilmoitusdeclaration of income to the tax authority
French déclaration d'impôts, déclaration de revenus
  • déclaration d'impôtsdeclaration of income to the tax authority
  • déclaration de revenusdeclaration of income to the tax authority
  • déclaration fiscaledeclaration of income to the tax authority
German Steuererklärung
  • Steuererklärungdeclaration of income to the tax authority
Greek φορολογική δήλωση
  • φορολογική δήλωση (forologikí dílosi)declaration of income to the tax authority
Hungarian adóbevallás
  • adóbevallásdeclaration of income to the tax authority
Icelandic framtal
  • framtaldeclaration of income to the tax authority
Indonesian surat pemberitahuan, SPT
  • surat pemberitahuandeclaration of income to the tax authority
  • SPTdeclaration of income to the tax authority
Italian dichiarazione dei redditi, 730
  • dichiarazione dei redditideclaration of income to the tax authority
  • 730declaration of income to the tax authority
Japanese 税金申告
  • 税金申告 (zeikin-shinkoku)declaration of income to the tax authority
Malay penyata cukai
  • penyata cukaideclaration of income to the tax authority
Māori puka tāke
  • puka tākedeclaration of income to the tax authority
Norwegian Bokmål selvangivelse
  • selvangivelsedeclaration of income to the tax authority
Polish deklaracja podatkowa, zeznanie podatkowe
  • deklaracja podatkowadeclaration of income to the tax authority
  • zeznanie podatkowedeclaration of income to the tax authority
Portuguese declaração de imposto, declaração de impostos
  • declaração de impostodeclaration of income to the tax authority
  • declaração de impostosdeclaration of income to the tax authority
Russian нало́говая деклара́ция
  • нало́говая деклара́ция (nalógovaja deklarácija)declaration of income to the tax authority
Spanish declaración de impuestos, declaración de la renta
  • declaración de impuestosdeclaration of income to the tax authority
  • declaración de la rentadeclaration of income to the tax authority
Swahili ritani ya kodi
  • ritani ya kodideclaration of income to the tax authority
Swedish inkomstdeklaration, deklaration
  • inkomstdeklarationdeclaration of income to the tax authority
  • deklarationdeclaration of income to the tax authority
  • självdeklarationdeclaration of income to the tax authority
  • skattedeklarationdeclaration of income to the tax authority
Tagalog ulat sa buwis
  • ulat sa buwisdeclaration of income to the tax authority
Turkish vergi beyannamesi
  • vergi beyannamesideclaration of income to the tax authority
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