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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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ETFs scratch other itches too, including tax avoidance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Online uproar can disrupt a campaign or nudge quarterly sales, but it rarely touches the deeper structures: labor practices, environmental policy, tax avoidance or the hollowing-out of local economies.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2025

It said it will raise money to cut NHS waits by cutting down on tax avoidance.

From BBC May 30, 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

“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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