Akshata Murty may have avoided up to £20m in tax with non-dom status
by Peter Walker, Kalyeena Makortoff, Graeme Wearden, from World news | The Guardian on (#5XY7A)
Pressure grows on chancellor over tax affairs of wife, who pays 30,000 a year to be classed as non-domiciled
Rishi Sunak's wife has potentially avoided up to 20m in UK tax by being non-domiciled and pays 30,000 a year to keep the status - revelations that come amid growing political pressure on the chancellor.
Akshata Murty gets about 11.5m a year in dividends from a stake in an Indian IT firm and declares non-dom status, which allows people to avoid tax on foreign earnings, it emerged on Wednesday.
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