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carrybacks

carrybacks is the plural of carryback.

Meaning of carryback

Noun

carryback (plural carrybacks)

  1. An income tax loss or credit that can be applied to offset previously taxed income or taxes paid, respectively.
    • Current theft loss rules typically allow losses to be carried back three years and forward 20 years, but the I.R.S plan will allow carrybacks of as many as five years, generally if the loss is for a small business with gross annual receipts of less than $15 million.2009 March 18, Lynnley Browning, “I.R.S. Plans a Deduction for Madoff Victims”, in New York Times

Questions about carrybacks

What is carrybacks the plural of?
Carrybacks is the plural of carryback.

Words near carrybacks in the dictionary

  1. carryable
  2. carryables
  3. carryall
  4. carryalls
  5. carryback
  6. carrybacks
  7. carrycot
  8. carrycots
  9. carryed
  10. carryforward
  11. carryforwards

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