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1Tax avoidance and tax evasion — Tax avoidance is the legal utilization of the tax regime to one s own advantage, in order to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law. By contrast tax evasion is the general term for efforts to not pay taxes by… …
2Tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …
3Tax noncompliance — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …
4tax — A charge by the government on the income of an individual, corporation, or trust, as well as the value of an estate or gift. The objective in assessing the tax is to generate revenue to be used for the needs of the public. A pecuniary burden laid …
5Tax exile — A tax exile is one who chooses to leave a country and instead to reside in a foreign nation or jurisdiction because personal taxes there are appreciably lower or even nil. Going into tax exile is a means of tax mitigation or avoidance. Legal… …
6Income tax in the United States — UStaxationThe federal government of the United States imposes a progressive tax on the taxable income of individuals, partnerships, companies, corporations, trusts, decedents estates, and certain bankruptcy estates. Some state and municipal… …
7Negative income tax — Part of a series on Government Public finance …
8Dog Tax War — The Mahurehure leaders under police guard after their surrender (From left to right Romana te Paehangi, Hone Mete, Hone Toia (standing), Wiremu Makara, and Rekini Pehi.) The Dog Tax war is described by some authors as the last gasp of the 19th… …
9estate tax — a tax imposed on a decedent s property, assessed on the gross estate prior to distribution to the heirs. Also called death tax. [1905 10] * * * Levy on the value of property changing hands at the death of the owner, fixed mainly by reference to… …
10Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
