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
aerodynamic heat transfer
Andes Mountains
angle of deadrise
asend
axial tensile force
ball cage
beam on two supports
biological psychiatry
bulb stopper
carrier pockets
carrier's risk
cementation
collector etch
correlation function analysis
crudups
cuspidatum
cut-off tool holder
decision band method
dupondious
encyprate
engineering cost management
ERFDH (equivalent reserve shutdown forced derated hours)
Eulerian intrinsic equation
flat worm infection
fluid-filled working chamber
four point stance
gas constant
gasseri
GCDFP
go on the block
go-circuit
great grey shrike
groundlings
have dinner
hypoglycorrhachia
icterus gravis
immolation
impetigo herpetiformis
infrared laser methane alarm
inlet pump
internal (reactor )vessel ledge
interpretation of Lagrange multiplier
isobutylphenyl propionic acid
Johnson holes
joint base
knaps
Krueger-Schmidt's method
lax phoneme
maccoby
making full use of economic advantages
mass sensitive deflector
migton
Natal orange
Nicaloi
night landing
orchido epididy mectomy
papilloma of penis
para-cresidine
Paraphos
peavie
pemphigus papillaris
penne
phytalbumin
pickling inhibitor
pikers
planita
plead with sb for sth
pleat retention
primary sere
proteomimetics
raft section
rate of coagulation
reconnexion
redeletion
residential land
ribuloses
Ryton, R.
scabrida
septum canalis musculotubalis
slickenside
slope sliding failure
smog check
spasmus muscularis
SRFS
succession theory
sudax
suitheistic
suspicional
tarring us
theoretical length
time-constant
time-to-time conversion
torsion meter
tourmalet
tricosanol
triethylisobutyltin
tundra ecosystem
unoxidated
uretero-ureterostomy
Ust'-Karsk
vertical loom
Yauyupe