Words / D / Law

disguised remuneration

phrase/dɪsˈɡaɪzd rɪˌmjuːnəˈreɪʃən/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Arrangements, often using loans or trusts, that channel reward for employment in a form intended to escape income tax and national insurance.

The loan scheme was attacked as disguised remuneration and the sums were treated as taxable earnings.

Topic: Tax law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

Get words like disguised remuneration on your lock screen, a few a day, with review that makes them stick.

Download on the App Store Lexfall puts a new word on your home and lock screen through widgets, so you learn without opening an app. Free to download. After a free trial, a subscription unlocks every field. Built for iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
QR code that opens Lexfall on the App Store
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera.

More law words: Tax law