pre-tax

pre-tax
pre-tax ˈpre-tax also pretax adjective [only before a noun]
a company's pre-tax profit, loss etc is calculated before tax is taken away:

• Latest quarter net loss of $256.7 million includes $400 million pretax restructuring charge.

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pre-tax UK US (also pretax) /ˌpriːˈtæks/ adjective [before noun]
TAX, ACCOUNTING before tax is paid: »

They will spend more than 15% of their pre-tax income on health care costs.

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Full-year pre-tax earnings rose approximately 8% to $670 million from $620 million.

pretax profits/loss »

The company had a pre-tax loss of £4.5 million.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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