How to Use tax haven in a Sentence
tax haven
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Emily’s second new locale is a famous tax haven.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
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His dream was to move to Portugal, a burgeoning crypto tax haven.
—Ben McKenzie, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
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And while the Cayman Islands still might be a tax haven in that regard, there’s very little crime there.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Switzerland has been trying to shed its reputation as a tax haven since the global financial crisis.
—Paul Hannon, WSJ, 19 June 2023
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Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying the tax, Barcelona prosecutors said in a statement.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2023
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After Beth moves to the beautiful island of Bermuda to set up a tax haven for her family, she’s drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 May 2023
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Only a few posh towns, along with the perpetual tax haven of Monaco, now recall the region’s luxurious heyday.
—Jonathan Miles, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
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But the room fell silent when one of the Portuguese guests, Hugo Janes, 44, asked how many would stay if the country were not a tax haven for foreigners.
—Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
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The world tends to ignore the Swiss model, perhaps owing to the country’s outdated reputation as a tax haven where illicit fortunes hide behind strict bank secrecy laws.
—Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
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Abramovich’s name does not appear on the deed or in Gemini’s corporate filings in Cyprus, a highly secretive tax haven with a long record of catering to Russian oligarchs.
—Uri Blau, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023
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Citizens of the ritzy tax haven are Monegasque and their traditional language is also Monegasque (although most speak French).
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
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While Florida is considered a tax haven for retirees, the state actually has above-average sales and excise taxes, and the recent rise in housing costs have chipped away at its affordability.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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The ostensible reason for the Dutch plan is to facilitate further expansion, although the tax haven image that the Netherlands is sometimes slapped with has made some shareholders wary.
—Benjamin Stupples, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
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Barcelona prosecutors have accused the pop star of using an offshore company located in a tax haven to avoid paying the tax, according to the Associated Press.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
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Plus, there’s a fascinating element of both cowboy and Native American cultures… as well as Jackson’s reputation as a tax haven for the super-rich.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2025
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The Cayman Islands’ international status as a renowned tax haven presents an interesting advantage to affluent buyers.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025
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During the early 20th century, as posh clubs and facilities were created to cater to outsiders, the Bahamas gained a reputation as a tourist destination and international tax haven.
—Sasha C. Wells / Made By History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
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The campaign also pointed to reporting on Hovde self-financing his 2024 campaign and being invested in a hedge fund based in the Cayman Islands — a notorious tax haven.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 June 2024
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In 2018, 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, 3 Sep. 2019
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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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There are more global investment funds based here than anywhere outside of New York, together managing more than $1 trillion in assets, and in 2014, a major document leak described how multinationals like Apple and Koch Industries used Luxembourg as a tax haven.
—Vivienne Walt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
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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
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