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Mountain Posted 18 years ago
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Phase-out?

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001. Personal and dependency expemptions currectly are phased out for high income taxpayers 02br
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0They are reduced gradually until they are gone.0-
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0"To phase out" is sort of an idiom for gradually eliminating something over a period of time. "We're in the final phase" is this case would mean we're in that phase which sees something finally disappear.02br
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00If something is currently phased out, then the "phase-out" period is over, and was successfully completed. IT'S GONE. Of course, it may be re-instituted at a

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