tax avoidance
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Tax avoidance is not a criminal offence, unlike tax evasion.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024
Tax avoidance was possible for an online store versus brick-and-mortar bookstores.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023
One financial manager said the appeal was self-explanatory: “Tax evasion is illegal. Tax avoidance is a right.”
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2015
Tax avoidance is not illegal but bends the rules of the tax system - for example, creating artificial transactions to achieve some tax advantage.
From Newsweek • Mar. 19, 2015
Tax avoidance may be accidental or the use of a loophole in tax law to minimise the amount of tax paid.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2012
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
