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

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tax exile

The French tax exile is not the only famous actor to have taken Russian citizenship: Steven Seagal, the American-born star of action movies like “Under Siege,” was naturalized in 2016.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

Since the early 1960s, its members had been living in Europe in tax exile, an anarchist collective as pure in its political passions as it was committed to its alternative lifestyle.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2017

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

Gerard Depardieu, the thespian Russian tax exile, may soon have to embark on the same stoney path of contrition and hard work now he's realised he has made a fool of himself.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2013

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

From Forbes ● Dec. 17, 2012

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