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fiscal nullity

noun

C2CEFR level
96/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A doctrine treating a self-cancelling series of steps as having no tax effect where inserted solely to avoid tax.

The scheme collapsed under the fiscal nullity principle once the circular payments were disregarded.

Similar: sham

Topic: Tax law in Legal English

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