Definition of tax shelter
: a strategy, investment, or tax code provision that reduces tax liability
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We were originally involved in B movies (Billy Jack movies, etc.) as these were more or less tax shelters.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Unless, of course, the Rauners and Pritzkers hide their money in offshore tax shelters.
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The star owed $32 million to the IRS after hiding money and tax shelters, Rolling Stonereports.
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First Known Use of tax shelter
1952
Financial Definition of TAX SHELTER
tax shelter
What It Is
A tax shelter is a means of minimizing one's tax liability. Tax shelters can be both legal and illegal.
How It Works
The most widely used tax shelter in the United States is the 401(k) employer sponsored plan. It is generally available to an employee to both reduce the amount of taxes paid on his income as well as to save for his future retirement.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investment vehicles such as 401(k)s and IRAs as legal tax avoidance mechanisms.
Limited partnerships are also considered legal tax shelters. They can avoid taxes because the business -- for example mining companies --require several years and heavy capital investment before a real income is realized. Taxes are levied as soon as the company starts to make income.
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Why It Matters
While retirement plans and limited partnerships are legal, many investment vehicles are illegal. A series of tax laws have been implemented to put a stop to abusive tax shelters.
The IRS will attach a fee if one places money into an "abusive" shelter. Abusive shelters are those that "exist primarily to reduce taxes unreasonably for tax avoidance or evasion... A legitimate investment produces income or capital appreciation and involves a risk of loss proportionate to the investment."
Illegal tax shelters include offshore companies which beguile the tax system.
More information on tax shelters may be found at the IRS website.
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TAX SHELTER Defined for English Language Learners
tax shelter
Definition of tax shelter for English Language Learners
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: a way of investing money that reduces the amount of tax that has to be paid
Law Dictionary
tax shelter
legal Definition of tax shelter
: an entity (as a partnership) or investment plan or arrangement whose principal purpose is the avoidance or evasion of income tax;
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: an interest offered or purchased on the premise that it will provide favorable tax consequences
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