legitimate income

基本解释

The term "return" means the amount yielded by investments, such as profits, dividends, interests, royalties or other legitimate income.
收益”一词系指由投资所产生的款项，如利润、股息、利息、提成费和其他合法收入。
The Romanian authorities began investigating him in 2006, when he started buying new cars every few months and going to clubs every night with no apparent source of legitimate income.
罗马尼亚当局从2006年就开始对契塔实施调查，当时他并无合法的收入来源，却每隔几个月就要购买新车，而且每天晚上出入夜总会。
Therefore, the government should take some effective activities according to the law to protect their property rights and legitimate income in order to strengthen the rule of law and perfect the in…
为此，应通过依法保护民营产权及其合法收入、营造良好法治环境和完善投资环境等基本途径及其对策，以进一步鼓励、支持和引导民营企业不断创业与持续发展。

The unstated premise is that Threadgill deducted the personal expenses, disguised as legitimate deductions, on his law firm income tax returns.
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