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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tax evasion
noun
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▪ Agnew was later forced to resign over a little unforeseen matter of bribes and tax evasion stemming from his years in Maryland.
▪ And once tax evasion becomes a habit it will continue even after lower tax rates are introduced.
▪ Far be it from us to condone tax evasion.
▪ He is a vain, devious showman accused of bribery, tax evasion, fraud and mafia connections.
▪ He soon became a Republican, and he finally spent time in prison for income tax evasion.
▪ It would have been interesting to see the teachers' reactions to questions about profits from burglary or tax evasion rather than investment.
▪ Later he pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion in connection with defrauding Rose clients of nearly $ 400, 000.
▪ While serving a federal prison sentence for mail fraud and tax evasion, &.
Wiktionary
tax evasion

n. The illegal avoidance of paying tax, especially by making a false declaration of income etc.

WordNet
tax evasion

n. the deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report)

Wikipedia
Tax evasion

Tax evasion is the illegal evasion of taxes by individuals, corporations, and trusts. Tax evasion often entails taxpayers deliberately misrepresenting the true state of their affairs to the tax authorities to reduce their tax liability and includes dishonest tax reporting, such as declaring less income, profits or gains than the amounts actually earned, or overstating deductions.

Tax evasion is an activity commonly associated with the informal economy. One measure of the extent of tax evasion (the "tax gap") is the amount of unreported income, which is the difference between the amount of income that should be reported to the tax authorities and the actual amount reported.

In contrast, tax avoidance is the legal use of tax laws to reduce one's tax burden. Both tax evasion and avoidance can be viewed as forms of tax noncompliance, as they describe a range of activities that intend to subvert a state's tax system, although such classification of tax avoidance is not indisputable, given that avoidance is lawful, within self-creating systems.

Usage examples of "tax evasion".

And it's his way of telling me I'd better find a way to get him off on this tax evasion charge or else.

It's just that income tax evasion is often the only thing prosecutors can pin on big-time crooks.

If you want my considered opinion, its a tax evasion bounce looking to happen.

I suggest that you begin by arresting Martin Barone on charges of tax evasion, money laundering, and whatever else you can come up with from the wiretap of his offices.

Some minor tax evasion, all pre-2006, a hundred percent grand­.

In the past, they had a place over near Yellville, but the guy who owned the property got sent to jail for tax evasion and his wife refuses to let them come back.

Just bear in mind that tax evasion's a federal offense, so you might end up sharing a cell with Raz and having Sunday afternoon visits from Marjorie.

Most were guilty of minor offenses such as traffic violations, underage drinking, illegal drug usage, minor tax evasion, cheating on expense reports, that sort of thing.

If he ever gets out they will turn him over to us for sentencing for interstellar tax evasion.