pre-tax
Adjective
Meaning
pre-tax (not comparable)
Alternative form of pretax
Examples
After the E-Trade deal is finalized, Morgan Stanley will generate 57% of its pre-tax profits from wealth and investment management.
Arsenal's budget is limited, having announced a pre-tax loss of £23.5million for the year ending May 31.
Contributions to a retirement account such as a traditional IRA or was made pre-tax to encourage Americans build a nest egg.
A 10 basis point change in actual shortage rates would have affected pre-tax earnings by approximately $1.0 million in fiscal 2015.
A 10% change in actual non-returnable inventory reserve would have affected pre-tax earnings by approximately $5.4 million in fiscal 2016.
A by IBM suggests that the inflexibility of legacy systems costs the banking sector $200 billion annually and erodes roughly 20% of pre-tax profits.