时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:365个英语简短小故事


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The envelope had the words “Internal Revenue 1 Service” printed on the outside. Oh no, Vaughn thought, this could be bad news. It was bad news. IRS had determined 2 that Vaughn owed $963, plus $88 interest, from two years ago. They had disallowed 3 a deduction 4 for two reasons. One, his adjusted gross 5 income that year was more than $40,000, and two, he was covered by an employer retirement 6 plan. Therefore, said IRS, he was not allowed the deduction he had taken for his individual retirement account.


IRS sent him six pages of explanations and instructions. IRS included a returnable form with an "Agree" box and a "Disagree" box. If he checked Agree, he must pay the full amount. If he checked Disagree, he must send documentation supporting the reasons for his disagreement. If his documentation was correct, he would owe nothing.


He called the IRS 800 number just to make sure he had read the instructions correctly. An agent told him to simply send a check with the full amount whether he agreed or disagreed. If he disagreed but his documentation was correct, IRS would return the full amount of his check within eight weeks.


“Don’t believe that agent. For now, just send them the documentation,” advised Vaughn's brother later that day. “Make IRS wait for the money. It’s your money, not theirs.”


 


 



1 revenue
n.总收入,财政收入,税收;税务局
  • The country diminished the revenue by reducing tax.这个国家通过减税而使税收减少了。
  • A government's revenue and expenditure should be balanced.政府的财政收入和支出要平衡。
2 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
3 disallowed
v.不承认(某事物)有效( disallow的过去式和过去分词 );不接受;不准;驳回
  • The judge disallowed that evidence. 法官驳回那项证据。 来自辞典例句
  • Her claim was disallowed on the ground(s) that she had not paid her premium. 她要求赔款遭到拒绝,原因是她事先没有交纳保险费。 来自辞典例句
4 deduction
n.减除,扣除,减除额;推论,推理,演绎
  • No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.因病请假不扣工资。
  • His deduction led him to the correct conclusion.他的推断使他得出正确的结论。
5 gross
adj.全部的,粗俗的,肥胖的;vt.获得...总收入
  • The gross weight of the box of chocolates is 500 grams.那盒巧克力的全部重量是500克。
  • I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
6 retirement
n.退休,退职
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
学英语单词
-gamy
aerial radiation pattern
Amfipoli
an age ago
armonica
Athabasca, Athabaska
Babahoyo
barophysical
basiophitic texture
bathbrushes
beer-jugger
bimbos
bridgebuilding
Buqda Cagable
capacity controlling gear
cdbg
cement bond
Circean
circulating drop
circumoral nerve ring
clarence days
coal tar remedies
controller's expense
cyclonic eddy
desoxidizer
devoted
direct descendant
disequilibrium of international payments
dropping pipette
dysostosis epiphysaria
egg crates
encoding microinstruction
experiment table
faffed
fight to the death
filler gum
fissuratum
five-by-seven
flat optical tool
forb steppe
GGVILIP
give something the works
grip marks
grounded probe
guianas
halopyramine
Hydrotensin
hypothetico-deductively
independent right
infraspecific
integrated-fluid-bed system
internal thoracic vein
interruptin'
Itatskiy
iview
knife-grinder's disease
landslide coast
library and directory maintenance
local result
lordliest
low-voltage tripping
mandibular fullness
manufactory of hazardous articles
matutes
namefy
neutron-producing exchange
noticings
one-man flight vehicle
overtry
pathological race
peltries
posterior sagittal diameter
pretors
pseudo-adiabatic diagram
rekin
resonant curve
revises
rhodofix
scheduling of sailings
scintilla of evidence
sell sb a bargain
silver coulombmeter
sneak past
starting-up course
steam pipe stud
strained interpretation
superelevation of outer rail
symmetrical bedding
tax delinquency
tenderfeet
therapeutic abortions
thermic equivalent
tkim
transcobalamine
transpassivation potential
treewe
uninterrupted cycle of erosion
unremember
wall sill
warning light
Weltkrieg
X-ray analysis X