tax year

IPA/ˈtæks jɪə(r)/
IPA/ˈtæks jɪr/

tax year — noun

1. the fixed twelve-month span that a government uses to work out how much money a

1.名詞B2
釋義

the fixed twelve-month span that a government uses to work out how much money a person or company earned and how much tax they must pay on it

例句

In Britain the tax year starts on the sixth of April and ends a year later.

the tax year starts on [date]

Ayana kept every shop receipt to claim them back at the end of the tax year.

at the end of the tax year

同義詞
  • financial year

    common British term for the same twelve-month accounting period

  • fiscal year

    more formal, especially for companies and governments; common in American English

文法句型

the tax year [begins/ends/runs from]

用法筆記

Often paired with verbs like begin, end, or run, and with this/last/next to mark the period ("during the last tax year"). A tax year does not always match the calendar year — in Britain it runs from April, not January.

常見錯誤

❌I will pay my taxes in the tax season.
✅I will file my taxes for the last tax year.
💡a 'tax year' is the twelve-month period being measured, not the time of year you do the paperwork.