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

Cat Stevens became a tax exile within the first years of the 1970s, moving to Brazil.

From Forbes • Aug. 8, 2015

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

The photographer who captured the hug, Evgeny Feldman, jokingly compared it to another image, of Mr. Putin embracing a citizen he is more fond of, the French tax exile Gérard Depardieu.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2013

Viscount Rothermere of the Mail inherited his £1.3bn fortune tax-free thanks to his tax exile father, while Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay are residents of Monaco.

From The Guardian • Apr. 27, 2013