Meanings
nountax haven (plural tax havens)
plural tax havens
- businessA jurisdiction that levies low tax rates on certain economic activities, especially to attract wealthy individuals and foreign businesses.
Such colonies claim to be "more British than the British", except that they pay no UK tax and act as tax havens for funds from Britain. Gibraltar has made a particular specialism of internet gambling.
2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans belastingparadys
- belastingparadyscountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Arabic مَلَاذ ضَرِيبِيّ
- مَلَاذ ضَرِيبِيّ (malāḏ ḍarībiyy)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Basque paradisu fiskal
- paradisu fiskalcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Bulgarian данъчно убежище
- данъчно убежище (danăčno ubežište)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Catalan paradís fiscal
- paradís fiscalcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Chinese Mandarin 避稅港 /避税港
- 避稅港 /避税港 (bìshuìgǎng)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Czech daňový ráj
- daňový rájcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Danish skattely
- skattelycountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Dutch belastingparadijs
- belastingparadijscountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Esperanto impostparadizo
- impostparadizocountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Estonian maksuparadiis
- maksuparadiiscountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Finnish veroparatiisi, verokeidas
- veroparatiisicountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
- verokeidascountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
French paradis fiscal
- paradis fiscalcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
German Steueroase, Steuerparadies
- Steueroasecountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
- Steuerparadiescountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Greek φορολογικός παράδεισος
- φορολογικός παράδεισος (forologikós parádeisos)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Hebrew מקלט מס
- מקלט מס (miklát mas)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Hindi कर का स्वर्ग
- कर का स्वर्ग (kar kā svarg)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Hungarian adóparadicsom
- adóparadicsomcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Icelandic skattaskjól
- skattaskjólcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Indonesian suaka pajak
- suaka pajakcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Irish tearmann cánach
- tearmann cánachcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Italian paradiso fiscale
- paradiso fiscalecountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Japanese タックスヘイブン, 租税回避地
- タックスヘイブン (takkusu-heibun)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
- 租税回避地 (sozei kaihichi)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Korean 조세 피난처
- 조세 피난처 (jose pinancheo)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Latvian nodokļu paradīze
- nodokļu paradīzecountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Lithuanian mokesčių rojumi
- mokesčių rojumicountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Norwegian Bokmål skatteparadis
- skatteparadiscountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Polish raj podatkowy
- raj podatkowycountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Portuguese paraíso fiscal
- paraíso fiscalcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Romanian paradis fiscal
- paradis fiscalcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Russian нало́говый рай, фиска́льный оа́зис
- нало́говый рай (nalógovyj raj)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
- фиска́льный оа́зис (fiskálʹnyj oázis)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Slovak daňový raj
- daňový rajcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Spanish paraíso fiscal
- paraíso fiscalcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Swedish skatteparadis
- skatteparadiscountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Turkish vergi cenneti
- vergi cenneticountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Ukrainian офшорна зона
- офшорна зона (ofšorna zona)country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Vietnamese thiên đường thuế
- thiên đường thuếcountry that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
Cite this entry
APA
tax haven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tax%20haven
MLA
“tax haven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tax%20haven. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tax haven,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tax%20haven.
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