Chancellor Rishi Sunak defends wife Akshata Murty in row over non-dom status
BBC News says Rishi Sunak has defended his wife’s tax affairs, calling reports on her non-domicile status “unpleasant smears”.
Akshata Murty pays £30,000 a year for her non-dom status, meaning she does not have to pay UK tax on her overseas income.
She reportedly took £11.6m in dividends in the past year from Infosys, the Indian IT firm founded by her father.
Labour said it would be “breathtaking hypocrisy” if Ms Murty had reduced her tax bill as Mr Sunak raised taxes.
Her spokeswoman said Ms Murty had paid all taxes that were due in the UK and international tax on her overseas income. But the spokeswoman did not say where that income was earned, or tax was paid.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61034496
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