How to Use untaxed in a Sentence

untaxed

adjective
  • And third, gains in stock that is passed on to heirs go completely untaxed, a massive break.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Another big break for the rich is that capital gains go untaxed at death.
    — James B. Stewart, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Currently, much wealth and income held in Africa goes untaxed.
    — Christine Ro, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Estates of any amount pass untaxed to a spouse and are taxed only after the surviving spouse dies.
    — Brian J. O’Connor, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
  • No amount of untaxed tips are going to make up for skyrocketing grocery prices.
    — New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
  • But the law was the law, and the driver was arrested for transporting untaxed liquor.
    — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
  • As is still true for many states, millions of dollars in untaxed transactions took place in the black market.
    — Robert Hoban, Forbes, 23 May 2021
  • As untaxed profits have piled up, politicians from both parties have eyed them greedily.
    — The Economist, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Patterson looked untaxed and unscathed at the finish line, a little dirty but with no bumps, bruises or blood to speak of.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2021
  • That's created an opening to massive, untaxed wealth gains for the rich, while those who don't have any market shares are left with no room to gain.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Both men were charged with one count of felony aiding and abetting possession of untaxed tobacco products.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 6 Oct. 2019
  • He was choked to death on a hot July day for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 18 July 2019
  • Sullivan could not say how much Connecticut is losing due to untaxed third-party sales.
    — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • But online purchases make up less than 10% of all retail sales, and only a sliver is untaxed.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2018
  • For decades, Swiss banks were seen as fortresses to store untaxed assets with ultimate secrecy.
    — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
  • One of the purposes of the estate tax, then, was to ensure that the government gets a piece of these untaxed capital gains.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Biden’s plan is a sensible way to raise revenue and tax investment profits that largely go untaxed today.
    — Len Burman, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The biggest untaxed perk that Weisselberg enjoyed was his apartment.
    — Greg Farrell, Fortune, 2 July 2021
  • The amount of an FBAR penalty has nothing to do with the amount of income that went untaxed.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • He had been arrested on suspicion of selling loose untaxed cigarettes and officers took him to the ground.
    — CBS News, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The accounts themselves weren’t counted by the formula, but any withdrawals were treated as untaxed income to the student.
    — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
  • If company earnings go untaxed or lightly taxed in one of the world's tax havens, their home country would impose a top-up tax that would bring the rate to 15%.
    — David McHugh, ajc, 30 Oct. 2021
  • But the budget does extend the state sales tax to dozens of previously untaxed goods and services, from parking to protective clothing.
    — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 26 June 2019
  • Before the change, such gifts and withdrawals would be counted as untaxed student income, which had a huge negative effect on financial aid.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Jet fuel is currently untaxed in the EU, unlike in the United States.
    — Michael Birnbaum, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The men pleaded guilty in May 2017 to felony-level aiding and abetting in the sale of untaxed tobacco.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Then, if companies have earnings that go untaxed or lightly taxed in one of the world's tax havens, their home country would impose a top-up tax that would bring the rate to 15%.
    — David McHugh, ajc, 9 Oct. 2021
  • If Jeff Bezos died tomorrow, a hundred billion dollars of gains on his Amazon stock would go untaxed.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Congress is on the verge of passing a bill that aims to help Americans save more for retirement and leave their retirement savings untouched and untaxed for longer.
    — Anne Tergesen, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Capital gains, which are untaxed in Hong Kong and Singapore, are treated as income in Japan.
    — Clay Chandler, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022

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