trốn thuế

Một người đàn ông cố gắng trốn thuế bằng cách giấu tiền mặt.

Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To evade tax / to commit tax evasion: The deliberate and illegal act of not paying taxes owed to the government by hiding income, providing false information, or using deceptive financial practices.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Công ty đó đang bị điều tra vì nghi ngờ trốn thuế. (That company is under investigation for suspected tax evasion.)
  • Trốn thuế là một tội phạm nghiêm trọng. (Tax evasion is a serious crime.)
  • Ông ấy bị phạt nặng vì hành vi trốn thuế. (He was heavily fined for tax evasion.)

Advanced Usage

• "trốn thuế thu nhập": to evade income tax.
  • Cảnh sát phát hiện một đường dây trốn thuế thu nhập quy mô lớn. (Police uncovered a large-scale income tax evasion scheme.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tránh thuế (v): to avoid tax. This often refers to using legal methods to minimize tax liability, unlike the illegal connotation of "trốn thuế."

  • Công ty sử dụng các biện pháp tránh thuế hợp pháp. (The company uses legal tax avoidance measures.)

• Khai man thuế (v): to declare tax falsely.

  • Việc khai man thuế cũng có thể dẫn đến truy tố. (Falsely declaring tax can also lead to prosecution.)

Synonyms

• Tax evasion: the illegal non-payment or underpayment of tax.
• Tax dodging: (informal) the act of avoiding paying taxes, often illegally.

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct idiom for "trốn thuế," it is commonly referenced in the phrase:
  • Bị bắt vì trốn thuế: to be caught for tax evasion.

    • Viên chức đó đã bị bắt vì trốn thuế. (That official was caught for tax evasion.)