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aftertax

American

[af-ter-taks, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌtæks, ˈɑf- /

adjective

remaining after applicable taxes have been deducted.

a sharp decrease in her aftertax income.

Etymology

Origin of aftertax

First recorded in 1950–55; adj. use of prepositional phrase after tax(es)

Example Sentences

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With a Roth conversion, a person pays taxes to turn pretax IRA savings into aftertax investments.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

JPMorgan's aftertax income dropped 7.6 percent after recording a tax expense, compared with a rare tax benefit of $2.2 billion a year earlier.

From Reuters • Oct. 14, 2016

Jones calculates the net present aftertax value of the payments to the daughter as $696,000.

From Forbes • Jun. 17, 2015

"The aftertax return on sales, for example, normally is below the average returns in the Anglo-Saxon economies because we strive for a different balance between economy, ecology, and social responsibility."

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 30, 2010

This is still scandalously high, higher in fact than my aftertax weekly pay will amount to.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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