taxable
pronunciation
How to pronounce taxable in British English:
UK [ˈtæksəbl]
How to pronounce taxable in American English:
US [ˈtæksəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- (of goods or funds) subject to taxation
Word Origin
- taxable (adj.)
- "subject to taxation," late 15c., from Anglo-French taxable, Anglo-Latin taxabilis; see tax (v.) + -able. As a noun meaning "person subject to taxation" from 1660s.
Example
- 1. A housing bubble that burst in 2008 means many households cannot easily increase their taxable spending .
- 2. Tax official : when calculating the taxable income , we should distinguish the financial leasing from the operational leasing .
- 3. The big flaw in the plan is that taxable transactions are likely to migrate outside the eu .
- 4. The best way to reduce your taxable income is to make sure that you are taking all of the relevant tax deductions .
- 5. Weeks later , tax authorities ruled that profits from the sale of assets by private-equity firms can in some cases be classed as taxable income .