evasion

(noun)

The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

Related Terms

  • loophole
  • mitigation

Examples of evasion in the following topics:

  • Tax Loopholes and Lowered Taxes

    • Tax evasion is the term for efforts by individuals, corporations, trusts and other entities to evade taxes by illegal means.
    • Tax evasion is the general term for efforts by individuals, corporations, trusts and other entities to evade taxes by illegal means.
    • Both tax avoidance and evasion can be viewed as forms of tax noncompliance, as they describe a range of activities that are unfavorable to a state's tax system.
    • Tax evasion is an activity commonly associated with the underground economy, and one measure of the extent of tax evasion is the amount of unreported income, namely the difference between the amount of income that should legally be reported to the tax authorities and the actual amount reported, which is also sometimes referred to as the "tax gap. "
    • Conviction of tax evasion may result in fines and imprisonment.
  • Penetrating Host Defenses

    • All of these evasive "strategies" arose strictly by evolution, driven by selection.
    • Another method of immune evasion is mutation.
    • Genetic recombination—the combining of gene segments from two different pathogens—is an efficient form of immune evasion.
  • Answers to Chapter 15 Questions

    • Unreported activities include tax evasion, hiding money from government, or profits from illegal activities.
  • Microbial Evasion of Phagocytosis

  • The Sectional Crisis Deepens

    • The antebellum era of short-term compromise and evasion between the political camps was heading toward an end.
  • Corporations

    • Corporations can use subsidiaries to avoid regulations or avoid taxes.For instance, a parent corporation could relocate to the Bahamas or Cayman Islands.These countries are tax havens with low taxes, little regulations, and strong confidentiality laws.Consequently, corporations can shift assets and liabilities among subsidiaries to decrease their overall tax burden.At this point, we clarify some tax terminology.Tax evasion is a person or corporation owes a government for taxes, but refuses to pay it.Some activity created the tax liability, and the law requires them to pay taxes.Otherwise, government can assess fines or send the tax evaders to prison.However, corporations can use tax avoidance because they can afford to hire specialists.Tax avoidance is the managers careful plan the corporate activities and prevent the creation of tax liabilities.
    • Dividing line between tax evasion and avoidance can be a thin one.Since the 2007 Great Recession is still impacting the world economy in 2013, some tax authorities penalize and fine companies that use tax avoidance.Unfortunately, tax collections are down, and many governments are becoming aggressive in tax collections.For example, Italian tax inspectors board yachts as they dock in Italian ports.Italian yacht owners registered their yachts in the Cayman Islands, avoiding registration fees and avoiding the VAT fuel taxes.Consequently, theItalian ports reported 40% declines in yacht docking as the yacht owners avoid Italy's ports.Unfortunately, the economies around the ports suffer from fewer customers, who shop and eat in the local communities, which could further depress tax revenues.
  • Natural Killer Cells

    • Functions of NK cells include: Cytolytic Granule Mediated Cell Apoptosis; Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity (ADCC); Cytokine induced NK and CTL activation; Missing 'self' hypothesis; Tumor cell surveillance; NK cell function in adaptive response; NK cell function in pregnancy; and NK cell evasion by tumor cells .
  • The Acts of Parliament

    • Widespread evasion and disregard for the law occurred in almost all the colonies.
  • Overview of Human-Microbial Reactions

    • An evasion strategy used by several pathogens to avoid the innate immune system is to hide within the cells of their host.
  • Sources of Power

    • Examples of each include bargaining and persuasion (rational) and evasion and put downs (nonrational).
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