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pre-tax

pre-tax is the alternative form of pretax.

Meaning of pretax

Adjective

pretax (not comparable)

  1. Before the payment of taxes.
    • But you wouldn't just owe tax on the funds you're converting; you'd also have to take the pretax contributions and gains in all your non-Roth IRAs into account.2012 July 31, Walter Updegrave, “'Should I convert my IRA into a Roth?'”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2023

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Questions about pre-tax

What is pre-tax the alternative form of?
Pre-tax is the alternative form of pretax.

Words near pre-tax in the dictionary

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  2. pre-synaptic
  3. pre-syncope
  4. pre-syncopes
  5. pre-T
  6. pre-tax
  7. pre-teach
  8. pre-teen
  9. pre-teenhood
  10. pre-teens
  11. pre-test

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