withholding tax

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la retención a cuenta
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
The businessmen were annoyed that their earnings were subject to a withholding tax.A los hombres de negocios les molestaba que sus ganancias estuvieran sujetas a retención a cuenta.
b. la retención fiscal
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
The withholding tax prevents wealthy businessmen from taking too much money outside of the country.La retención fiscal evita que los hombres de negocios ricos saquen mucho dinero del país.
c. la retención en origen
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
The business owners worried that the withholding tax would inhibit foreign investors.A los empresarios les preocupaba que la retención en origen disuadera a los inversores extranjeros.
d. la retención de impuestos
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
The government just raised the withholding tax.El gobierno acaba de aumentar la retención de impuestos.
e. el impuesto de retención
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
The government uses the money from the withholding tax for infrastructure.El gobierno usa el dinero del impuesto de retención para infraestructuras.
2. (tax paid directly to the government)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
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This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
I don't earn a lot of money, so I don't pay a lot in withholding taxes.No gano mucho dinero, así que mi empleador no tiene que apartar mucho de mis ingresos para el impuesto que va directamente al gobierno.
I pay a withholding tax throughout the year so that I don't have to pay a lot at the end of the year.Durante todo el año, mi empresa paga parte de mis impuestos directamente al gobierno, así no tengo que pagar mucho al final del año.
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