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tax haven en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Compound of tax + haven.

Meanings

1. A jurisdiction that levies low tax rates on certain economic activities, especially to attract wealthy individuals and foreign businesses.
   • Such colonies claim to be "more British than the British", except that they pay no UK tax and act as tax havens for funds from Britain. Gibraltar has made a particular specialism of internet gambling. 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Relateds

secrecy jurisdiction

Translations (54)

ja タックスヘイブン (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · az vergi cənnəti (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · sh poreski raj (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · eu paradisu fiskal (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · uk офшорна зона (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · hi कर का स्वर्ग (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · lt mokesčių rojumi (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · id suaka pajak (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · sh porezno utočište (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · ar مَلَاذ ضَرِيبِيّ (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · pl raj podatkowy (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · da skattely (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · nl belastingparadijs (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · is skattaskjól (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · sv skatteparadis (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · it paradiso fiscale (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · et maksuparadiis (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · de Steuerparadies (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · ga tearmann cánach (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · fi verokeidas (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · fi veroparatiisi (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · hy հարկային ապաստարան (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · lv nodokļu paradīze (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · sh порезно уточиште (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · pt paraíso fiscal (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · hy հարկային ապաստան (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · he מקלט מס (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · bg данъчно убежище (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · ro paradis fiscal (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · ca paradís fiscal (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · ja 租税回避地 (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · ru фиска́льный оа́зис (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · gl paraíso fiscal (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · sl davčna oaza (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · hy հարկային դրախտ (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · vi thiên đường thuế (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · hu adóparadicsom (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · ru нало́говый рай (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · eo impostparadizo (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · ko 조세 피난처 (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · ka საგადასახადო სამოთხე (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · cmn 避稅港 /避税港 (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · es paraíso fiscal (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · tr vergi cenneti (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · el φορολογικός παράδεισος (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · sk daňový raj (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · nn skatteparadis (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · fr paradis fiscal (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · sh порески рај (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · de Steueroase (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · be афшорная зона (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · af belastingparadys (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · cs daňový ráj (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) · nb skatteparadis (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses)