Difference between Deduct and Withhold

DEDUCT vs WITHHOLD: VERB

Hold back; refuse to hand over or share
Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

To bring down; reduce.
To take away, separate, or remove in numbering, estimating, or calculating; subtract, as a counterbalancing item or particular: as, to deduct losses from the total receipts; from the amount of profits deduct the freight-charges.
Synonyms Deduct, Subtract. These words cannot properly be used interchangeably. Deduct is to lead away, set aside, in a general or distributive sense; subtract, to draw off, remove, in a literal or collective sense. In settling a mercantile account, certain items, as charges, losses, etc., are deducted by being added together and their total subtracted from the grand total of the transaction. From a parcel of goods of known value or number articles are subtracted or literally taken away as required; the value or number of the remainder at any time may be ascertained by deducting the value or number of those taken from the original package; and this again is effected by subtracting the figures representing the smaller amount from those representing the larger.
To lead forth or away; deduce; conduct.
Of payments
Reason by deduction
Establish by deduction
To trace out; set forth.

To keep back; refrain from doing, giving, permitting, etc.: as, to withhold payment; to withhold assent to something.
To keep; retain; hold; detain.
To keep; maintain.
Of payments
Refuse to hand over or share
Hold back
To refrain; stay back; hold one's self in check.
To hold back; keep from action; restrain; cheek.
To engage; retain.

Ask, Offset, Withdraw, Allowance, Apply, Collect, Deductions, Deduction, Take off, Deduce, Infer, Withhold, Derive, Recoup, Subtract

Remove, Accept, Disallow, Discontinue, Deny, Reject, Disclose, Deprive, Abstain, Defer, Suspend, Withdraw, Keep back, Recoup, Deduct

Claim, Levy, Ask, Offset, Allowance, Apply, Collect, Deductions, Deduction, Take off, Deduce, Infer, Withhold, Derive, Subtract

Conceal, Retain, Refuse, Remove, Accept, Disallow, Deny, Reject, Disclose, Deprive, Abstain, Defer, Suspend, Keep back, Deduct

In fact, it enables taxpayers to deduct more.
Client may deduct money from an Architects invoice.
Can You Deduct Donations to the Salvation Army?
Although you can deduct the cost of materials required for the maintenance and repair of your rental property, you cannot deduct expenses for improvements.
Can I deduct half of the interests from my tax return and she deduct the other half from hers?
DEDUCT: Add or deduct amounts indicated on the outside of the envelope are allowed and will be applied to the lump sum amount.
The contractor must deduct whatever CIS tax rate HMRC say to deduct as part of the CIS subcontractor verification.
To deduct vehicle sales tax, you can either: Save all sales receipts and deduct actual sales taxes paid throughout the year, or.
Yes, leave types can be set up to accrue and deduct, or just deduct.
Or Company PF Deduct kab deduct kar sakti hai?

The jurisdiction to give or withhold permission is prima facie wider than the jurisdiction to give or withhold approval.
PIA that allows a governmental body to withhold information without asking for a rulingthe governmental body must request a ruling to withhold the information.
If Mitchell could chose to withhold his extreme beliefs during that experience, he could choose to withhold his beliefs during a clinical interview.
The City will not withhold information unless you obtain an order from a court directing the City to withhold certain information.
If the payor is required to withhold on a payment made in property, in what manner may the payor withhold?
OBLIGATIONSIf you withhold amounts from payments, or are likely to withhold amounts, the payee may give you this form with Section A completed.
Right to Withhold Rent: Minnesota law allows residential tenants to withhold rent if there is a serious repair problem or code violation.
Consequently, we did not withhold your FICA tax this month, so we must withhold a double amount next month.
Notice to Withhold Income for Child Support, Missouri uses an Order to Withhold which is designed specifically to attach lump sums.
What penalties apply for failure to withhold, or to withhold correctly?