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
adese
adfa
after bridge
albinoism
alcohol benzene extractive
appeal file
be refused entrance
beam modulation disc
betti-rayleigh reciprocal theorem
binding edge
bohemian lace
cadir dagi
chamber pot colour
chequer ornament
cholospect
coastal engineering
cold air system
complemented subsequence
contra-attitude
corrugative
cypripedium margatitaceum franch.
dargecits
dipole radiation pattern
dipterocarpaceaes
distorted image
do in rome as the romans do
explain'd
factor sth in
fiberization
floor cover
flow of conversation
FOSAR (foreign object search and retrieval)
frpb
genus Serinus
Gilles de la Tourette's disease
glacial breccia
grimstons
gynaec
hammer drum
hell-roosters
Helvetia leather
Heterakis gallinae
highest-performance
Houdry fixed-bed unit
initial longitudinal metacentric height
inner carrier
Jaunpils
joggled frame bar
jolly's stochastic model
landing stall speed
Lanwei (Ex21)
lavalier microphone
lie at host
loston
lykes
lysionsis
Lérez, R.
multiple indexing and console retrieval options
NAK
navy motor
neurosurgeons
Ningbo and Shaoxing pastry
non governmental economic organization
not the only fish in the sea
office-hours
opera stars
osmesis
outside spinning
outstations
overhead lighting batten
padva
phebus
Piraebong
platinum foil
president-for-life
pyrophoric metal
railway trunk line locomotive
raisin sultana
reciprocal levelling
Rio Tinto
salt reed grass
self-efficacy theory
shoot-downs
side member extension
silver leaf intortum
simbas
Slavon
strip a peg
sympatheal
take ... further
ter borch
theor
theoretical electrical engineering
topshell
ultrahigh voltage transformer oil
unconstrained chain
undercrackers
upright column
Vaper
variant scalar
WPAN