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
aci castello
air-compressor crank case
alterne
anophthalmias
antrycine
application structure preserving
Ardanaz
be full of hot air
be renowned for
beam lobe switching
big smoke, Big Smoke
botryobasidium sublaeve
brassel
British South Africa Company
bubble-jet
bulbous and tuberous plants
burgaw
casemaking cloth moth
chocolatelike
class-wars
cock angle
commodity grain
company information
credit-ticket system
deep cervical veios
differential interference phasecontrast microscope
dihs
diode converter
distorted polyhedra
drafting room
drill bop
electric(al) incubator
eshaq
euglena viridis ehrenb.
Euonymus kiautschovicus
feel ... age
ferrobacillus
fixing of insulated structure without metal frame
foottreadle
genus damaliscuss
grade retention
grease perfume
Harry F. Klinefelter
horizontal fire grate
in company (with)
international atomic weight
interpersonal messaging system
intertextuality
irreversible coma
jellying point
Kilninver
Kontal
LAN driver
light clay soil
low cost goods
Lurgi metal alloy
Macachula
Madeniyet
measurement process control
mechanical snubber
meckelectomy
methyl acetoacetate
microneurovascular transplantation of pancreas
misr
Mlicrococcus roseus
model of element
monetarizes
nerve damage
newsreels
nozzle wall
Nymphaeales
on-line sorting
overall supplies
phentolamine test
Phong
Pinus elliottii
planar double-diffused transistor
portablest
proxemics
sekou
self-limited
Skamania County
star scanner
stay here
stellar alkaliine
Stypocaulon
superior clunial nerves
the Ku Klux Klan
throw the hatchet
to harvest
to the ears
tonquin
touch football
transient behavior (of reactor)
truck-tractor semitrailer
typologists
unit construcction system
vien
volliche
waist-hip
worried about
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