逃税 (táo shuì) — (verb-object) to evade taxes, to dodge taxes; (noun) tax evasion
Definition
逃税 (táoshuì) is a verb-object compound meaning to illegally avoid paying tax. As a noun it refers to the act itself — tax evasion — always with a legal/financial framing, distinct from the everyday 免税 (tax-exempt, legal) or 减税 (tax cut, policy).
verb
(verb-object) to evade taxesto dodge taxes
noun
tax evasion
Examples
- ，。Tā táo le sān nián shuì, xiàn zài bèi chá chū lái le.He evaded taxes for three years, and now he's been found out.
- 逃税，。Hěn duō rén xiǎng bàn fǎ táo shuì, dàn zhè shì wéi fǎ de.Many people try to evade taxes, but it's illegal.
- 逃税。táo shuì Huì yán zhòng yǐng xiǎng guó jiā de cái zhèng shōu rù.Tax evasion seriously affects the country's fiscal revenue.
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