Meanings
adjectivetax-exempt (not comparable)
- not comparableExempt from paying tax; not subject to taxation.
As a religious charity it is tax-exempt, so all money collected goes to its good works.
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Like other tax-exempt nonprofits, AIEF must file a Form 990 every year with the IRS, but donors are redacted from the version that is made accessible to the public.
2023 November 18, Murtaza Hussein, “Meet the Secret Donors Who Fund AIPAC’s Israel Trips for Congress”, in The Intercept
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of goods or funds) not taxed
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Translations
Bulgarian освободен от данъци
- освободен от данъци (osvoboden ot danăci)exempted from paying tax
Finnish verovapaa
- verovapaaexempted from paying tax
German steuerfrei
- steuerfreiexempted from paying tax
Hungarian adómentes, illetékmentes
- adómentesexempted from paying tax
- illetékmentesexempted from paying tax
Irish díolmhaithe ó cháin
- díolmhaithe ó cháinexempted from paying tax
Spanish exento de impuestos
- exento de impuestosexempted from paying tax
Ukrainian який не підлягає оподаткуванню
- який не підлягає оподаткуванню (jakyj ne pidljahaje opodatkuvannju)exempted from paying tax
Welsh di-dreth
- di-drethexempted from paying tax
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Chicago
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