tax-haven
/ˈtæks heɪvn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtæks heɪvn/ (ame, ipa)
tax-haven — 名詞
1. a country or area with unusually low taxes that draws people or companies from a
避稅天堂
低稅且吸引外資設籍的地區
a country or area with unusually low taxes that draws people or companies from abroad who want to reduce how much tax they pay
After the leak, journalists called the island a tax haven for hidden wealth.
資料外洩後，記者稱那座島是藏匿財富的避稅天堂。
critical news label: call X a tax haven
The company moved its patents to a tax haven in the Caribbean.
那家公司把專利移到加勒比海的一個避稅天堂。
pattern: move assets to a tax haven
Small banks in the territory grew quickly once it became a tax haven.
那片領地一成為避稅天堂後，小型銀行就迅速增加。
Several shell firms were registered in a tax haven with almost no reporting rules.
好幾家空殼公司被登記在一個幾乎沒有申報規定的避稅天堂。
For many billionaires, the island served as a tax haven during the 1990s.
對許多億萬富翁來說，那座島在九〇年代就是避稅天堂。
- offshore centre
more technical and often more neutral in tone
- low-tax jurisdiction
policy term that focuses on the legal tax rules
- offshore jurisdiction
stresses the legal location used for registration or finance
- high-tax country
a country where company or income tax rates are much higher
- onshore jurisdiction
the home-country legal and tax system rather than an overseas one
文法句型
a tax haven
use X as a tax haven
move money to a tax haven
用法筆記
Usually refers to a country or territory, not to a single bank account or company. It often carries a critical tone because readers may connect it with tax avoidance, secrecy, or hidden foreign money.