"tax credit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tax credits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tax credit (plural tax credits)
  1. A tax incentive which allows certain taxpayers to subtract the amount of the credit they have accrued from the total they owe. Categories (topical): Taxation Translations (Translations): Steuergutschrift [feminine] (German)

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