tax expenditure

C7192
concept

A tax expenditure is a loss of government tax revenue resulting from provisions in the tax code—such as deductions, exemptions, credits, or preferential rates—that function like spending programs by providing targeted financial benefits to specific activities or groups.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
federal tax credit 3
refundable tax credit 2
U.S. federal income tax credit 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: tax expenditure
Generated description
A tax expenditure is a loss of government tax revenue resulting from provisions in the tax code—such as deductions, exemptions, credits, or preferential rates—that function like spending programs by providing targeted financial benefits to specific activities or groups.

Instances (6)

Instance Via concept surface
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
Child Tax Credit federal tax credit
Additional Child Tax Credit refundable tax credit
Earned Income Tax Credit refundable tax credit
Employee Retention Credit federal tax credit
Other Dependent Credit U.S. federal income tax credit