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
0434
Acid Violet 7B
Acroglochin persicarioides
advanced earth observing satellite
AFSPC
AH-Chew
aipi
anae-robes
approach-track
armchair hawk
as becomes one
Atakora, Chaîne de l'
beam caliper
Beverly Park
biotitite
bomb-grade
C-G
car light
Ceo-Two
circulation pump
citroen
coloured edges
combustion indicator
conical scanning earth sensor
controllable-rate source
decision-processes
dependency theory
direct grounding system
director's retirement allowance
dynamic sociology
dynamic tree
ethyl hexyl ether
Ettinghausen coefficient
featherby
feel sympathy for sb
foreseers
full load rejection
gingering up
gray thread
ground control radar
group-overlap
Guélengdeng
HF transistorized signal generator
high-data rate laser system
identification condition
intermolecular linkage
jacket core
jozefs
kerosene heater
knob twiddler
Kukarka
Kutu-Songo
lastanox
level-sice
light weight board
macrocytes
methylisomyn
mirella
multi stage
newine
non-lustrous glazed tile
nonradiating
not room enough to swing a cat
perforated seat
planchery
pneumatic locks of strapping
polyplicate
Pānchuria
qualitative properties
railers
salicets
scanlin
selftorque
series-parallel winding
shaco
soil macro-erosion
speed-up ratio
spheroblast
spider webbing
steam static bending stress
stimulants
strain-anneal technique
super-turnstile antenna
Sverdlovs'k
Taxillus balansae
technical department
teixeirichthys jordani
telescribe
thernadite
three-dimensional representation
thrown obstacles in way
tool coupling
ultraviolet densitometry
unscrupulousness
upper guard sill
urofuscin
wall hung urinal
Westhope
wide-range crystal video receiver
wine red
Yakokut
zamindari, zamindary