The word exempt is a verb that indicates to exempt someone or something from doing a certain thing; that is, release from any obligation or fact. It is widely used at the income level, that is, within the world of accounting and paying taxes. However, its use reaches various branches, although it is not a popular word either.
The etymology of the word exempt comes from the Latin "exemptio", which means "to extract." According to the Royal Spanish Academy, the word "exempt" is an adjective whose meaning is "free" or "free of something." At the same time it is said of a person or thing that is not tied to the ordinary jurisdiction.
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Also the RAE points out that exempt can make mention of something isolated. However, the most curious of the definitions is the one that indicates that exempt formerly referred to an officer of the Guardia de Corps, the troops of the French royal house that remained in force from 1706 to 1841.
Finally, he also recognizes it as a reflexive verb: exempt. Although its use is not frequent in popular speech, it is in the economic and tax sphere or in law, where being exempt means being free from the payment of a tax, tribute, penalty or encumbrance.
In terms of tax, it should be noted that "exemption" and "non-subjection" do not mean the same thing. The first occurs when the requirements for a tax to be applied to us are met but at the same time there is a rule that frees us from said payment.
On the other hand, non-subjection is the incompatibility of our work with the payment of a specific tax. That is, we do not qualify for the lien.
Synonyms
Some words similar to exempt are exempt, liberate, deprive, cut, split, cheat, dispense, favor, or exonerate. As for exempt, it can be cited undamaged, immune, excepted, lacking, private, scarce, absent, devoid, without, innocent, clean, free, unpunished, exempt, autonomous, and allodial.
Antonyms
Instead, the words that directly mean the opposite to exempt are impute, fine, tax, highlight, impose, condition, blame, tie or compel. On the other hand, the antonyms of exempt are, recharged, loaded, imposed, aggravated, remarked, added.
Usage examples
- "The judge exempted the accused from guilt and charge."
- «For the salary that I receive my category as a self-employed taxpayer leaves me exempt from important taxes».
- "The Government should exempt those who have the least from paying taxes."
- "Because I left the apartment in excellent condition, I was exempted from paying an extra amount for damages."
- "The Disciplinary Court exempted the player from serving the two penalty dates."
- "Exemption from paying the check tax was a measure that many businessmen eagerly awaited."
- "That invalid person must be exempted from paying the bus ticket."
- "Due to his symptoms the patient should be exempted from going to work."
- "The taxable base is the result of reducing the tax base by the amount of the exempt minimum."
- "Behavioral economics is not a theory that has been exempt from criticism."
- "Some of the products that are exempt from paying VAT are meat or fish, except fillets."
References
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- Exempt. (2008). "Tax Code of Taxes". Recovered from: books.google.mk.
- Difference between exemption and non-subjection. (2019). Recovered from: getbillage.com.
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