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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a few deductions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small number of conclusions or inferences drawn from information or evidence.
Example: "After reviewing the data, I made a few deductions about the trends in customer behavior."
Alternatives: "some conclusions" or "a couple of inferences".
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By radically simplifying the tax code to allow only a few deductions, the Democrats would generate new revenue and remove the loopholes that allow special interests to win favorable treatment.
There is no way the Senate and President Obama will agree on a long term deal to slash entitlements if House Republicans can only assent on cutting tax rates and eliminating a few deductions on "the rich".
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And again, his plan therefore involves 9 percent income taxes with few deductions, a de facto 9 percent levy on wages, and a 9 percent sales tax.
A simple return with few deductions can be filed effectively using almost any tax software.
If you do, you might get a few extra deductions for IRAs, retirement plans and charitable deductions.
The plans also retain to some degree a few (not the same few) deductions of widest possible appeal and use--personal exemptions, or some mortgage interest deduction for primary residence, or IRAs, or (in two plans) deductions for state and local income or property tax.
He favors a flat tax that would allow few deductions besides home mortgage interest and state and local taxes, and he would get rid of the capital gains tax, the so-called death tax on estates and the tax on Social Security benefits.
There are, however, a few interest deductions you might miss while burning the midnight oil, including interest on estate taxes that have been deferred, interest on a business loan and certain types of investment-related interest.
Likewise, we can make a few additional deductions based on the history of China-US cyber relations.
"People with just a W2 income -- meaning they're a traditional employee of one company -- and perhaps a few itemized deductions may want to consider purchasing their own tax software," says Laurie Samay, a client service associate at Palisades Hudson Financial Group, a firm in Scarsdale, N.Y., specializing in complex tax returns.
It holds that markets generally get it right, and that government intervention should be limited, including through a simple tax code with low rates and few deductions.
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