tax exile

noun

1. a person who moves outside the jurisdiction of a country to avoid paying taxes.

tax exile

noun

1. a person having a high income who chooses to live abroad so as to avoid paying high taxes

Word History and Origins

Origin of tax exile¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

In contrast, Brower tries to shove Taylor’s many identities — child star, substance-abuser, serial marrier, multimillionaire, mistreated political wife, tax exile — into a single volume.

From Los Angeles Times

The historical highlights are here — drug bust at Keith’s house, Hyde Park ‘69, Altamont, tax exile, New York flatbed truck performance, swerve into disco — but as onstage, examination of the band’s catalog pretty much ends in the the mid-‘70s.

From Los Angeles Times

The French tax exile is not the only famous actor to have taken Russian citizenship: Steven Seagal, the American-born star of action movies like “Under Siege,” was naturalized in 2016.

From New York Times

Despite being advised it was a really bad idea that would look terrible to the outside world given Tottenham are owned by a billionaire tax exile in Joe Lewis, in April 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic shut football down, Levy took the decision to put non-playing staff on furlough.

From BBC

He moved to Paris, a tax exile, and bought a wine shop, Les Caves de la Madelleine, and a barge on the Seine that he converted into a houseboat.

From Los Angeles Times