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tax dodge

tax dodge noun: a scheme (legal or illegal) to avoid paying tax, or to pay less tax.

Noun

tax dodge (plural tax dodges)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A scheme (legal or illegal) to avoid paying tax, or to pay less tax.
    • […]indication that taxpayer accepted public employment as a tax dodge, and where taxpayer earned approximately 98% of his income from his Oregon based business activities, taxpayer was a "public employee" and was therefore entitled to deduct[…]1927, United States Code Annotated
    • [headline] PARK 'GIFT' TO CITY CALLED TAX DODGE1941, “PARK 'GIFT' TO CITY CALLED TAX DODGE”, in The New York Times

Forms of tax dodge

pluraltax dodges

Origin of tax dodge

Attested from 1920s, perhaps as a back-formation from tax dodger, which is attested from the late 19th century. (But also compare dodge (“trick, stratagem”).)

Questions about tax dodge

What does tax dodge mean?
Tax dodge means a scheme (legal or illegal) to avoid paying tax, or to pay less tax.
What part of speech is tax dodge?
Tax dodge is a noun.
What is the plural of tax dodge?
The plural of tax dodge is tax dodges.

Words near tax dodge in the dictionary

  1. tax declarations
  2. tax disc
  3. tax discs
  4. tax disk
  5. tax disks
  6. tax dodge
  7. tax dodger
  8. tax dodgers
  9. tax dodges
  10. tax due
  11. tax efficiency

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