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。
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Acrocheilus
Aliade
Arab conquests
badooki
bill discounter
biocompatibilities
boring work
broken corner
cachexia saturnina
cadency
cannonball fungi
capitalized present value
center island
character dimension
Chinese furniture
chronic deficit
Cinehona L.
compand
connectability
contactless-vibrating bell
corrosion embrittlement
Corstiline
counter-cyclical tax
crown rent
cubick
cut out jack
declared no-load speed
ekalead
Ekatin M
eruption-promoting drug
feature length
fibrillar entanglement
fifty percent disruptive discharge voltage
friction board
garbley gook
give sb a miss
gongadze
graveyard school
guanylic acid
half-and-half clasp
haliporus taprobanensis
hand capacitance
haulier
hemizygous vein
heterosexist
hexaoma (eriocera) morosa
high calibre staff
high penetration bitumen
homoiosis
immolates
irreducible representation of a group
iso-D
kiriki
kryophyllite (cryophillite)
lago de nicaragua
legal grounds
lnis
mechanical equation of state
mississippi r.
modified fertilizer additive
moral outlook
mouth breeding
Mucuna membranacea
musculus obliquus internus
nontarget
nonterrorists
nonvalue
omnopon
out for scalps
Papanoa
polarization fluorimeter
Populus tomentosa
pre-editing
pressure callosity
protection of trustee
purchase audit
quadrantial
rhizoma curcumae longae concisa
Rtishchevskiy Rayon
s.u
San Miguel County
saner
seawatch
semiconductor barium titanate
single bevel butt joint
snowcone
sodium autunite
standardization error
steal-effect
take the advantage of
talks shit
theory optimal control
tiadfibrate
time drift of gyroscope
time transgression
tolerance chimera
unemployment compensation supplement
Veflinge
wet drawn wire
wilfulnesses
wire-wound potential-meter
wristwear