tax exile

American  

noun

1. a person who moves outside the jurisdiction of a country to avoid paying taxes.

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tax exile British  

noun

1. a person having a high income who chooses to live abroad so as to avoid paying high taxes

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Etymology

Origin of tax exile

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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tax exile

Advertisement When Iman met Mr. Bowie at a dinner party in 1990, he was living in Switzerland as a tax exile, a citizen of the world.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2016

It gave him his nickname, “the fox” — Norway’s richest man, John Fredriksen, who lives in tax exile in Cyprus, is known as “big wolf” — and taught him valuable lessons, he said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2014

The paper reports that the charismatic entrepreneur has become a tax exile, quitting Britain to live permanently on Necker island, his home in the British Virgin Islands.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2013

See BBC News - Depardieu ’to give up passport’ in tax exile row.

From Forbes ● Dec. 17, 2012

For the past three years Hands has been living in Guernsey, in effect a tax exile from the UK.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2012