contribution base
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.26 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The adjusted gross income of a taxpayer, excluding any deductions for net operating loss carrybacks.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The maximum federal income tax charitable contribution deduction for a tax year for an individual is 50 percent of his or her contribution base."
- "As the average annual growth in the contribution base over the same period was only 0.3 percent, the common simplification that the rate of return equals the growth in the contribution base revealed less than half of the true return."
- "Such taxpayers calculate their contribution base jointly and can deduct charitable contributions, by whomever made, up to the applicable percentage of the joint contribution base."