Examples of tax shelter in a Sentence
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This, dear readers, is how a tax shelter often works.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
When Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, tax shelters became vogue, and people were investing in movies and cattle feeding as write-offs.
—Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
All in all, this is a good bill, and it can be fully paid for by clawing back a Covid-era payroll-tax credit that has deformed into a tax shelter.
—Ryan Ellis, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
As a tax shelter, the plans are ideal for leaving investments undisturbed for many years.
—Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 15 Dec. 2023
Complimenting co-production, tax shelter fundraising and VFX services through subsidiary UFX Studios, Umedia has now launched a development branch to bring in-house productions to the screen.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
Like other types of IRA accounts, Ethereum in an IRA is a capital gains tax shelter.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
Further, the more something is marketed, the higher the likelihood that the IRS will take an interest in it and try to stop it as an abusive tax shelter.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023
The shininess of the great American models is premised on absurd student debt, on universities turning themselves into some mix of tax shelter and investment bank, and on the education system essentially laundering donor money unleashed by regressive tax schemes.
—Adrian Daub, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2021
Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
When Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, tax shelters became vogue, and people were investing in movies and cattle feeding as write-offs.
—Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
All in all, this is a good bill, and it can be fully paid for by clawing back a Covid-era payroll-tax credit that has deformed into a tax shelter.
—Ryan Ellis, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
As a tax shelter, the plans are ideal for leaving investments undisturbed for many years.
—Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 15 Dec. 2023
Complimenting co-production, tax shelter fundraising and VFX services through subsidiary UFX Studios, Umedia has now launched a development branch to bring in-house productions to the screen.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
Like other types of IRA accounts, Ethereum in an IRA is a capital gains tax shelter.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
Further, the more something is marketed, the higher the likelihood that the IRS will take an interest in it and try to stop it as an abusive tax shelter.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023
The shininess of the great American models is premised on absurd student debt, on universities turning themselves into some mix of tax shelter and investment bank, and on the education system essentially laundering donor money unleashed by regressive tax schemes.
—Adrian Daub, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2021
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First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
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“Tax shelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tax%20shelter. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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tax shelter
noun
: an entity (as a partnership) or investment plan or arrangement whose principal purpose is the avoidance or evasion of income tax
also
: an interest offered or purchased on the premise that it will provide favorable tax consequences
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