1) Avoided 2) Circumvented 3) Circumvented or dodged 4) Dodged 5) Dodged the question 6) Dodged, eluded 7) Ducked 8) Fooled the IRS 9) Gave the slip 10) Gave the slip to 11) Got around 12) Got out of 13) Gotten out of 14) Like some taxes and questions 15) Parried 16) Played the quibbler 17) Sidestepped Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/evaded