misdeclarationn.
/ˌmɪsdɛkləˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪsˌdɛkləˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ The (usually deliberate) wrong declaration of an amount of goods, money, etc., in an official document, esp. in a tax return; an instance of this.
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1905 Daily Chron. 9 Jan. 4/5 The offence is known in railway parlance as ‘misdeclaration of freight’.
1919 Rev. Econ. Statistics 1 298/2 The possibility of misdeclarations—a defect inherent..in all figures of foreign trade.
1962 Punch 21 Mar. 459/2 The inspector's prime function is to harvest the taxes..but he will do his best to rectify omissions and adjust misdeclarations.
1997 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 33/4 Misdeclaration attracts a 15pc penalty of the tax that would have been paid.
2000 Independent (Bangladesh) (Electronic ed.) 9 June This will play a vital role in enhancing revenue collection by reducing misdeclaration about value..and quantity of the imported goods.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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mis-declaration n.
Brit. /ˌmɪsdɛkləˈreɪʃn/
, /ˌmɪsdɛkləˈreɪʃn/U.S. /ˌmɪsˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən/
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1905 Daily Chron. 9 Jan. 4/5 The offence is known in railway parlance as ‘misdeclaration of freight’.
1997 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 33/4 Misdeclaration attracts a 15pc penalty of the tax that would have been paid.
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