Meaning & use
tax declaration
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Meaning
nouncountableformalbusiness
An official statement in which a person or company reports their income and taxes to the government.
Grammar: Countable noun; you file or submit a tax declaration. In the US, 'tax return' is the more usual term.
Patterns
- file a tax declaration
- submit a tax declaration
- a tax declaration form
- a tax declaration for something
All employees must submit a tax declaration by the end of March.
She filled in her tax declaration carefully to avoid penalties.
The company's tax declaration showed a large loss that year.
Word forms
| plural | tax declarations |
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Common combinations
- file a tax declaration
- You must file a tax declaration even if you had no income.
- submit a tax declaration
- The deadline to submit your tax declaration is April 15.
- annual tax declaration
- The annual tax declaration is due at the end of the financial year.
- tax declaration form
- Download the tax declaration form from the revenue office website.
- false tax declaration
- A false tax declaration can lead to heavy fines.
Synonyms and how they differ
- tax return
- Tax return is the usual term in American and British English for the form you send to the tax office; 'tax declaration' is more formal and common in translated official documents.
- tax statement
- A tax statement is often a document showing tax already paid or owed, while a tax declaration is the report you make yourself.
Word family
- declare verb
- To state officially, especially income or goods for tax purposes.
- declaration noun
- A formal statement or announcement.
- taxable adjective
- Describing income or goods that must be taxed.
Commonly confused: tax declaration or tax return? tax declaration or customs declaration?
tax declaration vs tax return
'Tax return' is the everyday term in the US and UK for the form you file; 'tax declaration' is more formal and often used in official translations.
tax declaration vs customs declaration
A customs declaration is a statement about goods you bring into a country, not about your income and taxes.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'tax declaration' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Tax declaration' is a formal noun for the report you file; you 'file' or 'submit' it. Options 1 and 3 use it as a verb or with an unrelated verb, and option 2 treats it as something you can eat.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “tax declaration”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.