allowable expense
collocation in Englishmeaningsofallowableandexpense
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allowable
adjective
uk/əˈlaʊ.ə.bəl/us/əˈlaʊ.ə.bəl/
allowed according to the rules or laws that control a particular area ...
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expense
noun
uk/ɪkˈspens/us/ɪkˈspens/
the use of money, time, ...
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(Definition ofallowableandexpensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The cost of normal clothing is not anallowableexpense, and relief would not in general be available to professional people.
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Therefore, the first £35 of interest of this great concession will not even be anallowableexpensefor tax.
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On the workings of this tax, it is clear that an important feature isallowableexpense.
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The purchase of those books would not be anallowableexpense, as the law stands.
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The cost of the premium is anallowableexpenseagainst corporation tax.
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In our view, it is not anallowableexpenseor variation that should be included at this stage.
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The commercial expenditure on the commercial property about which we are talking is not anallowableexpense, so it is not a business expense.
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Normal expenditure on personal clothing is not anallowableexpense.
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The costs of so-called hospitality and gifts are not allowed under the scheme at present and have never been accepted as anallowableexpense.
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It is not a question of "should not be anallowableexpense".
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I refer, of course, to the decision that travelling between one's home and place of work is not anallowableexpense.
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The first was that we should disallow the cost of entertainment as anallowableexpense.
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I understand that the provision of transport for workers to travel to a company is a whollyallowableexpense.
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I am afraid such an allowance is precluded by the general rule that the cost of getting to and from work is not anallowableexpensefor tax purposes.
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He has said that there is a rule that the expense of travelling to work is not anallowableexpense, and it could not be departed from.
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Teachers are right when they say it is almost impossible for them to claim any type of sensibleallowableexpense.
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An employer's contribution is paid gross and is anallowableexpenseagainst income or corporation tax.
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