Sentence examples for gift to avoid from inspiring English sources

Mr. Comisky said he had received calls from people with undeclared overseas accounts who asked if they could transfer the money to a friend who was not an American citizen and have that person transfer it back to them as a gift to avoid the penalties from years of not paying their taxes.

He said that Mr. Mills had received the $600,000 not from Fininvest but from an Italian arms dealer for the sale of two ships, and had the "brilliant idea" to call them a gift to avoid paying taxes in Britain.

This is definitely an awkward position to be in and one you want the receiver of your gift to avoid.

Be sincere when you give him the gift to avoid coming across like someone just trying to get his attention.

Others have taken back complimentary gifts to avoid any hint of impropriety that could mire them, or the legislators, in another lobbying scandal.

He's also smart and, more important, shrewd, though he sometimes employs those gifts to avoid accountability.

If you are telling yourself that you "have to" buy gifts to avoid disapproval, and they better be the "right" gifts, then you will likely feel resentful and resistant.

For example, Delta offers more incentives like gift vouchers to avoid forcefully bumping passengers.

Maybe there is a series of "break-ups" prior to such events, with make-ups after the event has taken place, making gift giving easy to avoid.

Kroger, meanwhile, is allowing any consumer to buy its gift card, both to avoid the bother of tracking stimulus-check receipts and to appeal to affluent consumers who earn too much money to receive any checks.

And such a gift is hard to avoid noticing.