Rishi Sunak has lashed out at critics who have raised concerns over his wife's tax affairs.
believes revelations about his wife’s tax affairs are a ‘political hit job’ and attempt to ‘smear’ him.revealed Akshata Murty, who is reportedly worth hundreds of millions of pounds, claims non-dom tax status in the UKThe chancellor’s wife of more than a decade is a fashion designer and has a stake in her father’s company Infosys, a giant corporation which has become one of the largest in India.
Tax non-doms have to prove their permanent home is abroad and pay £30,000 to the government in order to pay the bulk of their tax overseas. ‘That’s where her family is . . . that’s where she, you know, ultimately will want to go and look after her parents as they get older. Mr Sunak reportedly disclosed his wife’s tax affair to officials when he became a minister but few are said to have known about it, including the prime minister.
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