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tax avoidance

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noun

  1. reduction or minimization of tax liability by lawful methods Compare tax evasion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“If you’re not going to police this sort of tax avoidance, when are you going to do it?”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

Hamstrung by decades of budget cuts, the I.R.S. has regularly struggled to crack down on tax avoidance by the wealthiest Americans and large companies.

From New York Times May 28, 2024

Over the past several years, Littlejohn’s whistleblowing enabled revelatory reporting by the New York Times and ProPublica on tax avoidance by the super-rich.

From Slate Mar. 25, 2024

Spain has cracked down on a number of sports stars and celebrities in recent years for alleged tax avoidance.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

“The accountant who wants to stay in business in America will be the one who focuses on designing creative, complex strategies, like tax avoidance or tax sheltering, managing customer relationships,” he said.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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