tax haven
noun
: a place where people go to live and companies go to operate in order to avoid paying high taxes
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Emily’s second new locale is a famous tax haven.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
During an interview with Sky News on Wednesday, Ratcliffe, a British billionaire who has resided in Monaco — a tax haven — since 2020, made multiple inflammatory and inaccurate observations about the United Kingdom’s immigrant population.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
There is a growing realization that Ireland’s time as a tax haven for these multinationals must and will come to an end.
—Jessica Traynor, The Dial, 11 Nov. 2025
Just a year before Shijaku opened his first location, the city of Milan launched a plan to offer enticing tax incentives to lure international tax haven seekers, a number that rose to 1,495 from 263 in its first year, 2018.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
During an interview with Sky News on Wednesday, Ratcliffe, a British billionaire who has resided in Monaco — a tax haven — since 2020, made multiple inflammatory and inaccurate observations about the United Kingdom’s immigrant population.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
There is a growing realization that Ireland’s time as a tax haven for these multinationals must and will come to an end.
—Jessica Traynor, The Dial, 11 Nov. 2025
Just a year before Shijaku opened his first location, the city of Milan launched a plan to offer enticing tax incentives to lure international tax haven seekers, a number that rose to 1,495 from 263 in its first year, 2018.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
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