Akshata Murty says it's not 'relevant' to say where she pays tax overseas

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% :Earlier the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, insisted that the chancellor and his wife had been "incredibly transparent" about the arrangement, but was unable to say whether she paid tax on foreign earnings in India or another jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands.
53% : And so she, as you say, pays tax here on UK income, but pays tax abroad on foreign income."
48% : It is not known where she pays tax on this overseas income.
44% : But asked where she paid tax abroad - in India or elsewhere such as the Cayman Islands - Kwarteng said: "I don't know anything about her tax affairs."
42% : As political pressure increased on the chancellor and his spouse, the spokesperson said Murty had no plans to say where she pays tax on overseas income as that information was not "relevant".
41% : Labour called for clarity over her tax arrangements, while Keir Starmer said it would be "breathtaking hypocrisy" if she had been reducing her liabilities while the chancellor was raising taxes on others.
41% : Under UK tax laws, Murty's status as a non-dom means she does not have to pay tax on dividend payments from overseas companies.
41% : While both the non-dom status and the possibility of minimising tax by moving overseas income through tax havens would be entirely legal, it would seem politically difficult for Sunak to benefit financially in such a way, especially while he has been raising taxes in the UK.
40% : The Labour leader told Sky News that Sunak had repeatedly raised taxes.
39% :Asked where Murty paid tax on her overseas income, a spokesperson said Murty had no plans to comment on this because it "doesn't seem relevant".

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