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underpayment

uhn der pay muhnt

  • n  a payment smaller than needed or expected
  • n  the act of paying less than required

  • JACK WHITE, 63, reporter for the Providence Journal whose 1973 story on Richard Nixon's underpayment of his income taxes won the Pulitzer Prize and prompted Nixon, who ultimately .
  • Next on the fighting Senator's agenda: underpayment of teachers, black-market babies, maladministration of prisons.
  • The IRS may subject taxpayers who use such a "charitable split trust" to a 20% underpayment penalty and may yank the tax-exempt status of participating charities.
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  • Andrew Cuomo in Albany Business Review
    Prevailing wage laws underscore the integrity of New York's public contracting process,Cuomo said in a prepared statement. "The underpayment of workers is an unconscionable affront to taxpayers, as well as a sad reflection of the greed and...
  • Liam Fox in guardian.co.uk
    Fox added: "They arrange my surgeries, they do some of my casework, and they do a huge amount of secretarial work which probably represents an underpayment for the amount of work they do."

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