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#2 (permalink) Thu Apr 02, 2009 14:24 pm tax free versus exempt from tax |
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Disclaimer: I am not a tax expert. In the US food is sold tax free. If you buy your groceries in a store (not a restaurant) you do not pay taxes. The institution I work for is exempt from tax because it is a non-profit organization. Wnen I buy things for the school I do not pay taxes. _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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Milanya I'm here quite often ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Thu Apr 02, 2009 14:28 pm tax free versus exempt from tax |
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| Thanks for your repy, Milanya. I need it for a text on 'green' driving solutions (hydrogen engines, hybrids, etc.), so perhaps - looking at your institution's situation - they are 'exempt from tax', rather than 'tax free'... |
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Ardec I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Thu Apr 02, 2009 14:32 pm tax free versus exempt from tax |
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It is possible, but I do not have enough context to answer. If something is "tax free" nobody pays taxes for this, if somebody (or some organization) is tax exempt they have a special permission not to pay taxes. _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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Milanya I'm here quite often ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:30 am tax free versus exempt from tax |
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I'd hyphenate "tax-free" because it is a compound adjective:
I got this hot dog tax-free!
vs.
I got this hot dog tax free. -- There's a hot dog tax and you got it for free?
That's why I prefer hyphenated compound adjectives -- the hyphen leaves no doubt that the two words form one adjective... leading to the avoidance of the confusion which might come if the hyphen is left out. _________________ Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee. |
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Prezbucky I'm a Communicator ;-)

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