No Taxation
Hughes is known for a lot of things, one being that he wasn’t a fan of paying taxes. He had such deep-rooted hatred for taxes that he went through a great deal to avoid paying them. For example, to keep himself from claiming an official residence, Hughes would spend long stretches of time living in hotels.
Howard Hughes. Photo by Moviestore Collection / Shutterstock
He would also jump from location to location to make it harder to track him. Since he had no will or children but an immense fortune, Hughes left his wealth and Hughes Aircraft stocks to a tax-exempt charity that he created named the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. It sounds like it would have been much easier to just pay his taxes.