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
about half the length of the ovary
absolute sovereignty
accommodate oneself to
accusive
Adenostemma
alberigoes
Amnuralithus
antagonism game
antiquus
antitropy
aotemia
appropriates
arrocha
birdlessness
Bisenda
bitt bollard
bomb tube
Bursa musculi piriformis
Catshill
chiffonized
chinese arborvita
Clientel
Clostridium botulinum food poisoning
coal grading
cocto
computatron
condensation rate
de-Palestinianises
decicoulomb
denges passage
desalin(iz)ation
diesel pile driver
dois corregos
double number
double-geared drive
entmacher
epineuria
Fedorox stage
Fidalgo Port
file load factor
formation multitester
forward steps
glossosteresis
have the advantage of
Hexalectris spicata
high energy beam machining
high-frequency protective device
Homemade Leverage
hydrail
hydraulic test stand
inferior haemorrhoidal artery
Kentucky coffeetrees
La Coyotera
laser satellite tracking installation
long corner
lunar trajectories
Ma Xing Yi Gan Tang
marhabas
moor bath
motild
multi-impulse orbital transfer
neurotologists
neutral-zone
open fired furnace
order of a determinant
osteofibrochondrosarcoma
ovotran
perambulating
perfectly mobil component
plug-in sheet
polynya
ponsa
pooty tang
process defining control statement
real-time interrupt
respectify
reversed loop winding
Rhodotorula pallida
ribes sativums
s process
seatworks
seleno
sheer plate
slutsker
sockin'
sodium hexametahposphate
spending money
staging area
stamped steel
Stateless protocol
suspensory muscle of duodenum
swept area
test tree
therapeuticizes
track crossover
treechanges
vacuum-tube converter
variable-capacitance diode
vertical passageway
wipperman
with one's head in the air
wrinkled pig leather