tax return

tax return definition - legal

n

A form issued by the federal government, many state governments, and some municipalities on which a person reports income, deductions, exemptions, and credits and then uses those figures to calculate income-tax liability.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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