Rishi Sunak accused of being a beneficiary of an off shore tax haven

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Non-domiciled status exempts more than 75,000 mostly foreign nationals in Britain from tax on overseas income, and has been a target for tax campaigners as it overwhelmingly benefits the very rich.
53% : This is the extraordinary web of homes and businesses with links to Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata, a heiress to a billion dollar fortuneMiss Murty said she would no longer apply to pay tax on the 'remittance basis' which allows non-doms to avoid UK tax on foreign earnings in return for a £30,000 annual fee.
50% : It means he would not have saved money, rather he would have had to pay tax twice on some of his income, in the US and the UK.
48% :Rishi Sunak was hit by a political backlash over the news that his heiress wife Akshata Murty is domiciled in India for tax purposesMs Murty, (pictured outside Downing Street last month) who is wealthier than the Queen as heiress to her father's IT firm, had been registered as non-domiciled for UK tax purposes, a legal way to avoid paying taxes in Britain on overseas income
47% : The Prime Minister yesterday said the Chancellor had 'done absolutely everything he was required to do' as far as paying tax in the UK was concerned.
47% : The Prime Minister yesterday said the Chancellor had 'done absolutely everything he was required to do' as far as paying tax in the UK was concerned.
46% : This entirely legal structure allows them to reduce taxes paid in India.
45% : Those with green card status are expected to pay full US taxes on their global earnings, irrespective of taxes he would pay in the UK or elsewhere.
45% : Mr Sunak had insisted Ms Murty had done nothing wrong by choosing the arrangement exempting her from paying tax in the UK on foreign income.
44% : However, Mr Sunak was facing questions about his own financial affairs last night after admitting paying tax in the United States while Chancellor.
40% : When it comes to tax, the rules state that you do not pay UK tax on foreign income or gains if they are less than £2,000 a year and you do not bring them into the UK.
31% : Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry today accused Ms Murty of 'taking advantage' of her decision to claim non-domicile status to avoid paying taxes.

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