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Deductions from gross income
Amounts representing expenditures or amounts of such personal exemptions for which deduction is allowed from the amount of gross income reported. They are to be distinguished from exclusions from gross income, which are not taken into income at all. Deductions are taken from gross income to arrive at adjusted gross income.