The lawful process of organizing one's affairs so as to minimize the overall amount of tax that is required to be paid to the taxing authority In most countries, taxes are an enforced exaction and not a voluntary contribution so lawfully paying less is quite acceptable and is expected Governments provide taxpayers with all sorts of ways to lawfully reduce that enforced exaction Tax avoidance ranges from the very simple, such as business and personal deductions, through to complicated multi-generational estate plans There are many lawful reasons to go offshore with your tax avoidance strategies when you remember that tax avoidance is nothing more than playing by the existing rules See also Tax Evasion
The taxpayer has a right to so arrange his affairs as to make his tax as low as possible A matter of arranging your financial affairs so that you can legally lessen your tax burden