tax shelter

American  

noun

1. any financial arrangement (as a certain kind of investment or allowance) that results in a reduction or elimination of taxes due.

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tax shelter British  

noun

1. commerce a form into which business or financial activities may be organized to minimize taxation

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tax shelter Cultural  

1. A type of investment that allows a reduction in one's taxable income. Examples include investments in pension plans and real estate.

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Other Word Forms

• tax-sheltered
  adjective

Example Sentences

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tax shelter

What began as a tax shelter for a British band had become infrastructure in a Japanese conglomerate’s intellectual-property empire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

The island of Jersey, a British Crown dependency that has long served as a tax shelter for the wealthy, froze an estimated $7 billion in Abramovich accounts on April 12.

From Washington Post ● May 5, 2022

Over the past several decades, Ireland has served as a tax shelter for many large tech companies, thanks to its low corporate tax rate.

From The Verge ● Oct. 7, 2021

Around 2010, Deloitte and PwC each devised a lucrative new tax shelter.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2021

“And from 2008 to about 2015, captives were the tax shelter du jour.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2019