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European tax return has power, but he lives abroad (5)

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I believe the answer is:

expat

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'he lives abroad' is the definition.
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'european tax return has power' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'return' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'power' becomes 'p' (symbol in physics).
'tax' written backwards gives 'xat'.
'xat' going around 'p' is 'xpat'.
'e'+'xpat'='EXPAT'

'but' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for expat that I've seen before include "one settled abroad" , "Person living permanent in a foreign country" , "One living in foreign country" , "Exile, in short" , "he has emigrated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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