The phrase "allowances called" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be used in a context where you are referring to specific allowances that have been designated or named, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The allowances called for in the budget need to be reviewed before approval."
Alternatives: "designated allowances" or "specified allowances".
People only have to pay CGT on overall gains above a tax-free allowance (called the annual exempt amount).
The United Kingdom has an additional income-tested allowance called the family income supplement which gives further help to low-income families.
He sent her orchids daily, gave her a weekly allowance, called Wednesdays and Saturdays at the stagedoor of the New Amsterdam Theatre, and made out a monthly checque to "Cash" which paid expenses.
For unemployed pensioners, a single person with less than €9,600 £6,9888) per year or a couple with less than €14,904 per year can claim an allowance called the allocation de solidarité aux personnes agés (Aspa), or elderly persons solidarity benefit.
The SNP government has already committed in its manifesto to increasing carer's allowance to the level of jobseeker's allowance, replacing the "sure start" maternity grant with an expanded maternity and early years allowance called the "best start" grant and introducing a new grant for young people at risk of long-term unemployment.
If you want a shorter waist, you can make the hem larger than the seam allowance calls for.
But some allowances were called for.
In an allowance race called the Unbridled, with the purse raised to $75,000 to attract horses who might not be ready for the Fountain of Youth, Nick Zito scored with his 8-1 shot, Bare Outline, a colt owned by William Condren and ridden by Corey Nakatani.
Enlistment was for a period of two years and was unpaid except for a one pound annual allowance, unless called up for active service.
In a masterpiece of bureaucratic obscurantism, the explanation provided by budget committee reads as follows: FUNCTION 920: ALLOWANCES Function 920 represents a category called "allowances" that captures the budgetary effects of cross-cutting proposals or contingencies that impact multiple functions rather than one specific area of the budget.
