tax shelter
nounDefinition of tax shelter
: a strategy, investment, or tax code provision that reduces tax liability
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Other Words from tax shelter
tax-sheltered
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adjective
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First, combining a low tax rate on capital gains with a high tax rate on interest payments is central to many tax shelters. — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, "Index Capital Gains, but Not Without Congress’s Consent," 1 Aug. 2018 Instead of stashing money in tax shelters, people invested in the private economy, producing more taxable income for the federal government to spend. — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, "Democrats Contend With the ‘Anger Translator’," 8 Jan. 2019 We were originally involved in B movies (Billy Jack movies, etc.) as these were more or less tax shelters. — Jane Wooldridge, miamiherald, "This Miami man created the Florida prepaid college plan. He also owned Studio 54.," 2 July 2018 Around the same time, as a presidential candidate, Mr. Trump began attacking Amazon, writing on Twitter that Mr. Bezos was using the Washington Post as a tax shelter. — John D. Mckinnon, WSJ, "How Amazon Became One of Washington’s Most Powerful Players," 20 June 2018 Does this go over well with fans in the true home countries, who don't have the luxury of a tax shelter, or is the desire to see a compatriot champion enough for forgiveness? — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "Mailbag: Serena Williams Should Absolutely Be Seeded at the French Open," 23 May 2018 In reality, lawmakers from both parties supported House Bill 4007, which also created tax sheltered savings accounts for first-time homebuyers, a priority for the real estate industry. — Hillary Borrud, OregonLive.com, "Grocers pour $2 million into effort to ban taxes on food," 15 May 2018 The year is 2002 and former lobbyist Soussan (an earnest Theo James) is searching for something more meaningful than tax shelters, sweatshops and ozone holes. — Michael Rechtshaffen, latimes.com, "U.N. intrigue and corruption in 'Backstabbing for Beginners'," 26 Apr. 2018 JPMorgan employs nearly 10,000 people in the Philadelphia area, mostly at its credit card, consumer lending, information technology, tax shelter and other offices in northern Delaware. — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, "JPMorgan Chase plans new branches in Philly and beyond," 11 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tax shelter.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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