tax avoidance
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They too needed to avoid earning interest, but for reasons of Islamic law rather than tax avoidance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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
The bill, which the party estimates will cost £2.4bn a year, would be paid for by “clamping down on tax avoidance and evasion”.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2024
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
“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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