a person having a high income who chooses to live abroad so as to avoid paying high taxes
tax exile in American English
noun
a person who moves outside the jurisdiction of a country to avoid paying taxes
Also called: tax expatriate
Word origin
[1960–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, buyback, disco, pop art, power play
Examples of 'tax exile' in a sentence
tax exile
Would he consider going into tax exile?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I'd also crack down on all forms of tax exile.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Well, don't be a tax exile, then, because it's the same thing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If it is not, it is effectively giving tax exile or avoidance its blessing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The four-time world champion has lived as a tax exile for ten years.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The decor is faux-luxurious, a style that seems to appeal to the tax-exile target market.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Whether it was being labelled a tax exile or the man who divorced his second wife by fax, the vitriol hurt.
The Sun (2016)
One is from his accountant, telling him that his years of tax exile are over.