A failure to pay, or evasion of or resistance to taxation, is punishable by law.
Taxes consist of
and may be paid in money or as its labour equivalent.Tax EvasionTax avoidance is the legal usage of the tax regime in a single territory to one's own advantage to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law. Tax sheltering is very similar, although unlike tax avoidance tax sheltering is not necessarily legal. Tax havens are jurisdictions which facilitate reduced taxes