La retención reduce la cuota diferencial.

to reduce

Breakdown of La retención reduce la cuota diferencial.

• la retención: the tax withholding
• la cuota diferencial: the final tax liability

Questions & Answers about La retención reduce la cuota diferencial.

Why are there two las in the sentence?

Because there are two separate noun phrases:

• la retención = the subject
• la cuota diferencial = the direct object

In Spanish, each noun normally takes its own article if it is definite. So this is completely normal:

• La retención reduce la cuota diferencial.

English often works the same way: The withholding reduces the tax balance.

How do I know which part is the subject and which part is the object?

In the normal word order here, Spanish follows subject + verb + object:

• La retención = subject
• reduce = verb
• la cuota diferencial = direct object

So the thing doing the action is la retención, and the thing being affected is la cuota diferencial.

Why is it reduce and not reducir?