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tax evasion legal definition
noun
This term is generally used
to designate criminal tax fraud, in which the taxpayer intentionally and
deliberately understates her income or overstates her deductions and/or credits
for the purpose of underpayment of tax liability. Contrast tax avoidance, the legal minimization of
tax liability by aggressive interpretation of tax law.
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