In an interview with the Sun newspaper,
Opposition politicians have demanded more details about Murty’s finances after she confirmed she had “non-domicile” tax status, which allows people who aren’t permanent residents to avoid British taxes on money earned overseas. The issue is sensitive for Sunak because he just increased the income taxes most
“To smear my wife to get at me is awful,’’ Sunak was quoted as saying. “Every single penny that she earns in the
Sunak said Murty was entitled to use the arrangement because she is an Indian citizen and intends to move back to her home country at some point to care for her aging parents.
But the opposition
“In the end, we have somebody who’s been living here for eight years, raising her children here, living … in accommodation provided by the taxpayer and aspiring to be the wife of the next prime minister, and yet she says that she isn’t a permanent resident of this country,”
“What’s relevant is that she’s of the 0.1% of the population who have positively chosen to say that although they’re living here, they’re not living here permanently, and taking advantage of that decision in order to not pay as much tax,” she said.
Claiming non-domicile status is entirely legal under
Under those rules, people who declare that they aren’t permanent residents of the
So-called non-doms must pay an annual fee of 30,000 pounds to continue enjoying these tax advantages once they have lived in
Murty holds a 0.91% stake in Bengalaru,
Murty is also a director of the private equity firm Catamaran Ventures
Sunak said he recognized that non-domicile status has a bad reputation because some wealthy British people have tried to used it to avoid paying taxes, but that isn’t the case with his wife.
“She has her own investments and is paying the taxes that she owes in the U.K.,” he told the Sun. “She is 100% doing everything this country asks of her.”
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