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tax return

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A declaration of income etc. for tax purposes: a report of income, deductions, contributions, and related financial information filed by a taxpayer with a national or local tax authority, used by the authority to determine the amount of taxation, usually consisting of forms completed by the taxpayer

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tax declaration

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: income tax return, return

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument

Narrower terms: amended return, declaration of estimated tax, estimated tax return, false return, information return, joint return

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: данъчна декларация (danǎčna deklaracija) — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Catalan: declaració de la renda — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Chinese Mandarin: 納稅申報單 /纳税申报单 (nàshuì shēnbàodān) — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Chinese Mandarin: 退稅申請 /退税申请 (tuìshuì shēnqǐng) — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Chinese Mandarin: 納稅申報表 /纳税申报表 (nàshuì shēnbàobiǎo) — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Czech: daňové přiznání — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Danish: selvangivelse — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Dutch: belastingaangifte — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Finnish: veroilmoitus — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • French: déclaration d'impôts — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • French: déclaration de revenus — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • French: déclaration fiscale — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • German: Steuererklärung — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Greek: φορολογική δήλωση (forologikí dílosi) — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Hungarian: adóbevallás — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Icelandic: framtal — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Indonesian: surat pemberitahuan — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Indonesian: SPT — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Italian: dichiarazione dei redditi — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Italian: 730 — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Japanese: 税金申告 (zeikin-shinkoku) — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Malay: penyata cukai — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Māori: puka tāke — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvangivelse — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Polish: deklaracja podatkowa — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Polish: zeznanie podatkowe — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Portuguese: declaração de imposto — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Portuguese: declaração de impostos — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Russian: нало́говая деклара́ция (nalógovaja deklarácija) — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Serbo-Croatian: poreska prijava — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Spanish: declaración de impuestos — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Spanish: declaración de la renta — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Swahili: ritani ya kodi — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Swedish: inkomstdeklaration — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Swedish: deklaration — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Tagalog: ulat sa buwis — declaration of income to the tax authority
  • Turkish: vergi beyannamesi — declaration of income to the tax authority