Abstract
Tax evasion is a fiscal crime which is carried out through the thoughtful action of escaping from obeying the duetax compulsions, subsequently resulting in giving substantial economic loss to the domestic economy. As part ofthe continuous rather multifaceted problem in Pakistan, it positions as a severe hazard to the financial freedomand steadiness thus weakens the economic integrity of the country. This study pursues to scrutinize the languagebased scopes of the issue of tax evasion in Pakistan with the help of the forensic linguistic apparatus, throughillustration of data from the two main sources. The first in this regard is the administrative source that comprisesof fifty taxes related cases, along with the related financial forms and official documents of legal measuresintroduced by the tax monitoring authorities in accordance with the legal procedures. The second source in thisway contains overtly available legal judgements on tax associated cases, retrieved from the official websites ofconcerned legal organizations. The study employs a Corpus-Based Forensic Linguistics methodology toinvestigate the data, employing LancsBox which is powerful corpus software for the quantitative investigation ofthe linguistic patterns. The findings reveal that tax related discourse is marked by distinctive linguistic andrhetorical strategies. These include the strategic use of deceptive language and subtle discursive maneuversemployed by the individuals to obscure or manipulate financial realities and contribute to fiscal crimes. Theanalysis uncover the dimensions of linguistic techniques that reflect intentional ambiguity, obfuscation, andrhetorical framing tactics that contribute to the concealment of tax liabilities and the broader phenomenon offinancial deception.