shelter
22
8.6
- noun
- /ˈʃɛltər/
- Specialized
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esquema de elusión fiscal
- Investing in a tax shelter can help you save money on your tax returns.
- tax shelter
- listed as tax shelters
A good leader figures out smart tax shelters.
- A good leader figures out smart tax shelters.
- The first was a tax on excess profits, which made the tax shelter offered by retirement plans more attractive to employers.
- However, if you actually dig further into how this works, it also applies to what the IRS calls tax shelters.
Examples
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Of course, we had to invest all my money... because Carl's was tied up in some phony tax shelter at the time.
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- How's my little tax shelter this morning?
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And see, it's a tax shelter kind of thing.
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It's called a tax shelter -
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Well, if you invest in shelter and you provide shelter, you're going to get a better deal, you know, on your taxes.
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The first was a tax on excess profits, which made the tax shelter offered by retirement plans more attractive to employers.
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The IRS has been adding tax shelters to its listed transactions as it becomes aware of them.
Academic text (2002) -
In the early '80s Doyle put all his money in tax shelters.
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The IRS stepped up its attacks on tax shelters—corporate ones in particular—more than two years ago.
Academic text (2002) -
Many wealthy individuals use a tax shelter to reduce their tax liabilities.
Synonyms
11
4.4
A plan or investment that helps people and companies pay less money to the government
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
11
4.4
A plan or investment that helps people and companies pay less money to the government
- Archaic
8
5.3
A room underground that protects people from radioactive dust after a nuclear blast
- Specialized
A very strong room or building that protects people from bomb explosions
A small tent shaped like a triangle without a floor that gives temporary cover outdoors
How Effective
8
4.7
- Specialized
22
8.6
- Specialized
4
3.4
- Specialized
148
3.2
- Specialized
22
3.4
7
5.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shelter is also used as a metaphor for protection, so a tax shelter is a legal scheme that keeps money in a 'safe place' to reduce the tax you pay.